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The US wants to land Americans back on the Moon before President Donald Trump leaves office in 2028.
Nasa has unveiled plans for robotic landers, hopping drones, and lunar vehicles for base construction.
KEY POINTS
- Blue Origin, Intuitive Machines, and Astrobotic have secured contracts to build lunar exploration machines for Nasa.
- Nasa's Ignition Moon Base programme will use robotic missions to map and explore before human arrival.
- Nasa aims for a permanent, nuclear and solar-powered base at the Moon's south pole by 2032.
- Experts consider China's 2030 crewed Moon landing goal more realistic than Nasa's accelerated timeline.
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