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Moon Base: NASA landing page

Page: https://www.nasa.gov/moonbase/. No date on the page; fetched 2026-10-01T06:23:20Z. File: sources/moon-base/nasa-gov-moonbase.md.

Summary. This is NASA's public hub for the Moon Base. It defines the Moon Base as "humanity's first lunar outpost, a place where astronauts will live, work, and explore near the Moon's South Pole". It describes the build-up as "Three phases. Many missions. One goal" and links to the phases, environment, collaboration and lunar-technology pages. It adds little architecture content of its own. Its main use is the list of Moon Base news items, which shows what NASA was publishing about the Moon Base by October 2026.

Key points

  • Purpose ("Assembly in Progress"): the Moon Base is meant to "strengthen American leadership in space, unlock scientific discovery, drive innovation with industry and international collaborators, and prepare humanity for missions to Mars".
  • Approach ("How will we build the Moon Base?"): "a phased, iterative approach that builds capability over time", starting "with near-term technology demonstrations, robotic missions, and early experiments". See Phases.
  • Moon to Mars framing ("Moon to Mars"): "The Moon is not our final destination. It's a proving ground."
  • Lunar Technology section: names "Surface power. Autonomous robots. Lunar dust mitigation" as examples. See Surface technology.
  • Moon Base news items listed (titles only; not fetched unless noted):
    • new science investigations (fetched 2026-10-01T18:30Z: source page)
    • the CAPSTONE 02 announcement (fetched: source page)
    • a navigation system for a commercial lunar relay (fetched 2026-10-01T18:30Z: source page)
    • cargo lander updates (fetched: source page)
    • Artemis Accords open science
    • the wheel challenge (fetched: source page)
    • an astronaut-deployed science instrument
    • "Building the Moon Base: NASA Stories at the Ion" (fetched 2026-10-01T18:30Z: source page)
  • Interactives: a CLPS landing-site map (not fetched), and "Living and Working at the Lunar South Pole", which links the environment visualization (fetched: source page).

Moon Base hub · Phases · Environment