NASA leadership said three Moon Base missions are scheduled for later in 2026, led by Blue Origin, Astrobotic, and Intuitive Machines, with more than a dozen additional trips in work. Multiple providers improve survival odds for the program because competition and redundancy reduce the chance that a single failure stops lunar construction.
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NASA leadership said three Moon Base missions are scheduled for later in 2026, led by Blue Origin, Astrobotic, and Intuitive Machines, with more than a dozen additional trips in work. Multiple provide
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