NASA's Moon Base Update: All's Well Despite the Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion
The agency also said it was considering repurposing a Mars rover development model for use as a moon rover.
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NASA formally announced its Moon Base back in March 2026 and has been working on several projects simultaneously to further the objective of putting people on the moon in a more permanent capacity.
On Tuesday, NASA gave reporters some updates about how that plan is coming along during a press conference and Q&A session.
The overall tone was positive as NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Moon Base program manager Carlos García-Galán discussed NASA's upcoming plans and fielded questions about whether those plans were affected by recent events, such as the untimely explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket during a ground test in late May.
The explosion caused a lot of damage to Blue Origin's only launchpad, and there were concerns that it would set back NASA's...
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