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NASA has revealed its plans for a permanent Moon base. Here's how it would work
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- An artist's rendering showing astronauts, habitats, rovers, power systems and cargo operations at the Moon base.
- On Tuesday, local time, the US space agency unveiled its first blueprint for a permanent lunar outpost, involving robotic landers, moon buggies and hopping drones.
- "The Moon base will be America's and humanity's first outpost on another celestial world," NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said at a press conference.
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An artist's rendering showing astronauts, habitats, rovers, power systems and cargo operations at the Moon base. (Supplied: NASA)
Link copied Share Share article More than 50 years after humans last walked on the Moon, NASA is preparing to return, this time with plans to stay.
On Tuesday, local time, the US space agency unveiled its first blueprint for a permanent lunar outpost, involving robotic landers, moon buggies and hopping drones.
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