NASA wants to build a base on the Moon by the 2030s – how and why it plans to build up to a long‑term lunar presence

Photo: (from left) Artemis II backup crewmembers NASA astronaut Andre Douglas and CSA astronaut Jenni Gibbons and prime crewmembers NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, pose for a picture with […] Photo credit: NASA / Joel Kowsky. Article by Michelle L.D. Hanlon. The Conversation – March 30, 2026.

The next U.S. trip to the Moon isn’t about planting a flag. It’s about learning how to live and work there. NASA has just reset its Artemis program, marking a clear strategic shift: Space exploration is moving away from a race to achieve milestones and toward a system built on repeated operations, a sustained presence and lunar infrastructure that could become part of the technology networks we rely on here on Earth. […]

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