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NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrations

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June 30, 2026

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Notice ID: Coming Soon NASA’s Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate is seeking innovative ideas from industry partners through a new solicitation appendix under the NextSTEP-3 Omnibus Broad Agency Announcement. Appendix B: Moon Base Demonstrations calls for industry-led demonstrations, risk reduction, and special topic activities that enable an enduring human presence on the lunar surface. NASA’s Moon []

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Gizmodo

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· Jul 7, 2026

Commercial Spaceflight Just Entered the Nuclear Age

The satellite's maker, City Labs, believes this demonstration mission will be a key step toward putting nuclear power on the Moon.

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· Jul 1, 2026

NASA to Send Four Missions to the Moon

Each mission will use upgraded versions of previously flown lunar lander designs to support increased mission cadence. On Tuesday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the selection of three companies to carry out four new lunar missions in late 2028 as part of its Moon Base Program. RELATED: Historic Artemis II Far Side []

Scientific American

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· Jul 2, 2026

NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation

The space agency has put out a call for its Moon Mars Exploration Analog, which recreates the challenges of a long-duration space mission

Mashable

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· Jun 29, 2026

Meet NASAs new prototype rover for moon & mars

Meet ERNEST, NASA's prototype rover designed to test technologies that could support future exploration of the Moon and Mars.

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· Jul 7, 2026

Artemis II Crew and Apollo 14 Moon Tree

In this photograph, the Artemis II crew participates in the dedication of the Apollo 14 Moon tree at the Lunar Receiving Park at NASA’s Johnson Space Center on June 25, 2026. This tree is a second-generation Apollo Moon tree of the loblolly pine species. The original Apollo Moon trees were grown from seeds carried aboard []

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· Jul 8, 2026

New Images Reveal That This Asteroid Is Actually Two Conjoined Space Rocks. They Form a Peanut-Shaped Object Called a 'Contact Binary'

A flyby conducted by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 uncovered the asteroid's strange shape. Data gathered by the probe will also help defend the planet against potentially threatening space rocks

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Related coverage for "NextSTEP-3 B: Moon Base Demonstrations": Gizmodo — Commercial Spaceflight Just Entered the Nuclear Age. teleSUR English — NASA to Send Four Missions to the Moon. Scientific American — NASA needs volunteers to spend a year locked in a Mars simulation. Mashable — Meet NASAs new prototype rover for moon & mars. NASA — Artemis II Crew and Apollo 14 Moon Tree. Smithsonian Magazine — New Images Reveal That This Asteroid Is Actually Two Conjoined Space Rocks. They Form a Peanut-Shaped Object Called a 'Contact Binary'