NASA unveils Moon base plan during Trump's term: Explained

NASA added a new mission to its Artemis moon program involving a spacecraft docking test in Earth's orbit before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling the flagship U.S. moon effort amid competitive pressure from China.The new Artemis mission, planned for 2027, is one of many moon program changes the U.S. space agency announced on Friday as China inches closer to its own 2030 crewed moon landing goal, and U.S. safety experts warn more testing is needed before NASA makes its crewed attempt to land on the moon, now planned as Artemis IV in 2028. "We all have arrived at the point that this is really the only pathway in order to achieve success with the lunar landing within the timeframes that we are targeting," NASA’s Administrator Jared Isaacman said at a news conference on Friday (February 27).