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March 25th, 2026
Image credit: White House
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman:
“To return Americans to the Moon, NASA is shifting to an iterative, execution-focused approach – just as we did during Apollo.
We are standardizing rocket architecture, embedding NASA expertise across industry, and increasing launch cadence to support sustained lunar operations.
Demand signal
We are sending a demand signal for crewed missions beyond Artemis V, with at least two providers capable of bringing astronauts to the surface every 6 months.
Image credit: NASA
The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay.
America will never give up the Moon again.”
Skyfall on Mars
“NASA is building [the Space Reactor-1] SR-1 Freedom, a nuclear electric propulsion spacecraft, launching to Mars in 2028.
We are proud to announce this during the 250th year of the United States, the mission’s name reflects the spirit of American innovation and exploration.
This mission will bring America’s nuclear power capabilities to space and deliver the Skyfall payload of Ingenuity class helicopters to explore the Red Planet.
Nuclear power and propulsion will be the key to undertaking crewed missions to Mars and exploring the outer solar system.”
Illustration of AeroVironment’s new “Skyfall” helicopter concept that could deploy six scouts to Mars.
Image credit: AeroVironment
For more details, go to these “Ignition” presentations:
NASA’s Plan for The Moon
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yIlTwwJv1Ac
NASA’s Plan for Science and Discovery
https://youtube.com/watch?v=BYH6W9iCs2E
Ignition: NASA News Conference (March 24, 2026). Go to video replay at:
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