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AMERICANTHINKER - Who Will Win The New Space Race, China Or America?

ChatGPT This intense space race for geopolitical influence, resource extraction, and the establishment of standards for future exploration is not about proving what is possible but about securing a foothold.

NYTIMES (Katrina Miller) - What NASA Needs to Stay on Track for the Moon

The agency gave a rosy update on Artemis III, a test flight for its goal to return humans to the moon, but experts say the timeline is ambitious.

NPR (The Associated Press) - NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list

The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.

NYTIMES (Kenneth Chang) - NASA’s Moon Base Plan Adds Two Rovers for Its Astronauts

The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base.

NYTIMES (Selam Gebrekidan and Joy Dong) - China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder

The U.S. space agency launched a lunar flyby Wednesday, but Beijing is pursuing its own space program with formidable focus. Here’s what we know about it, in photos and videos.

NYTIMES (Selam Gebrekidan and Joy Dong) - China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder

The U.S. space agency launched a lunar flyby Wednesday, but Beijing is pursuing its own space program with formidable focus. Here’s what we know about it, in photos and videos.

NYTIMES (Timothy Bella and PS Spencer) - In a Moment of Division, the Astronauts on the Artemis II Mission Hope to Inspire

Can the four astronauts of the NASA mission Artemis II make a difference in a distracted and divided world?

NPR (Brendan Byrne) - NASA redirects Artemis moon mission program, postponing a planned astronaut landing

In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA's new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the surface on Artemis III, NASA hopes to do so on Artemis IV.