The Moon Base is home base for Artemis astronauts who will live and work at humanity’s first lunar outpost. NASA is leading global teams of innovators across international space agencies, industry, and academia to build the Moon Base and establish an enduring human presence near the lunar South Pole for the benefit of all.
A Step-by-Step Approach
Blueprint for an Enduring Lunar Presence
Steady Progress Toward a Sustained Future on the Moon
The Moon Base will be built through a phased, practical strategy. NASA will start with robotic missions, early demonstrations, and technology experiments, then progress toward semi-permanent infrastructure and ultimately sustained human presence.
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Moon Base Assembly in Progress
NASA is building a Moon Base near the lunar South Pole to strengthen American leadership in space, unlock scientific discovery, drive innovation with industry and international collaborators, and prepare humanity for missions to Mars.
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Help Build the Moon Base
The Moon Base represents one of the most ambitious engineering and exploration efforts in human history and it cannot be achieved alone. NASA is partnering with commercial industry, academia, international agencies, and innovators around the world to develop the technologies, infrastructure, and operational capabilities needed to establish a sustained human presence on the Moon. The future of lunar exploration will be built through collaboration, and NASA invites the global community to help shape what comes next.
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CLPS Moon Missions, Mapped
Explore an interactive map of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) landing sites to see where commercial landers have touched down and where future missions are headed. From science investigations to technology demonstrations, discover how commercial deliveries are expanding exploration across the lunar surface and helping pave the way for Moon Base development.
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Living and Working at the Lunar South Pole
The lunar South Pole region presents an environment unlike any previously explored by humans. This interactive experience demonstrates how the regions targeted for Artemis missions and future Moon Base development differ from the environments explored during Apollo.
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