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At the end of a long day on Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman looked down at a table littered with microphones and jokingly referred to the space agency’s new Moon base manager, Carlos Garcia-Galan,
NASA unveils a multi‑billion‑dollar plan to build a long‑term Moon base near the lunar south pole as part of its Artemis space program expansion.
The $20 billion project will span seven years and aims to establish American space superiority, though opponents question spending billions while 10 million Americans could lose health insurance.
NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission is set to be the first crewed flyby of the Moon in more than half a century, and could launch as soon as April 1.The second phase follows the Artemis 1 mission in 2022,
"NASA is committed to achieving the near‑impossible once again," the U.S. space agency's administrator has said.
The king of the planets meets a waxing half moon at sunset on March 26.
As of Tuesday, March 24, the Moon phase is Waxing Crescent. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 33% of the Moon will be lit up tonight.
Is there a full moon tonight? Here's when and what to know about Spring's first full pink moon, current phase and next meteor shower of 2026 - Lyrids.