NASA's plan to build a moon base is intended to fulfill President Donald Trump's executive order, signed in December, directing the United States to land astronauts back on the moon by 2028.
NASA plans to invest $20 billion over the next seven years to establish a lunar base as part of its goal of returning humans to the lunar surface and enabling them to live there.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled the concept on Tuesday in Washington at a meeting with partners and contractors involved in the Artemis program, the agency's lunar program, as well as U.S. and international government officials.
NASA's lunar base plan is intended to fulfill President Donald Trump's executive order, signed in December, directing the United States to return astronauts to the Moon by 2028 and begin construction of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030.
The announcement comes about a week before NASA plans to send humans to the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years on a mission called Artemis II. The upcoming mission will send a four-person crew on a lunar flyby and help pave the way for a manned lunar landing in the coming years.