analysisMay 28, 2026
NASA's Moon Base Phase One: Rovers, Landers and Drones (2026)
NASA's $749M Moon Base Phase One — Astrolab CLV-1 and Lunar Outpost Pegasus rovers, Blue Moon Mk1 LTV delivery, and Firefly's MoonFall hopper drones.
Tag:Moon Base
6 articles
opinionApril 15, 2026
China's 2045 Space Endgame: Moon Bases, Megaconstellations and the New Orbital Cold War (Part 2)
China's road to 2045: ILRS lunar base with Russia, 2030 crewed Moon landing, Guowang and Qianfan megaconstellations, Tianwen-3 Mars sample return, and the new orbital cold war.
analysisMarch 30, 2026
NASA Cancels the Lunar Gateway: What It Means for the Moon
NASA paused the Lunar Gateway in March 2026, pivoting $20B to a surface base. What happens to built hardware, ESA-JAXA-CSA partners, and the Artemis
analysisMarch 28, 2026
NASA's Moon Base Program: Inside the Multi-Billion Lunar Strategy
NASA's multi-billion Moon base program: a permanent south-pole outpost by the early 2030s, Starship HLS and Blue Moon landings, ISRU water mining, the Lunar Gateway descope, and the post-Artemis II architecture shift.
analysisJanuary 26, 2026
Building a Permanent Moon Base: When and How It Will Happen
How NASA's Artemis Base Camp and China-Russia's ILRS plan to build permanent Moon bases: 3D-printed regolith habitats, Kilopower reactors, ISRU, and realistic timelines.
analysisJanuary 2, 2026
The Race to the Moon's South Pole: Why Water Ice Changes Everything
Water ice at the Moon's south pole could fuel rockets and sustain a base. Inside the NASA, ISRO, and China race to reach it — Chandrayaan-3, VIPER, Artemis and more.