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Changes to Nasa’s Moon exploration programme may include a base on the lunar surface.
China has been building towards this mission for more than 20 years.
Nasa has reopened a SpaceX lunar landing contract to competitors.
The US space agency has opened up a lunar lander contract held by Space X to competition.
The mission should launch on a flyby of the Moon in February 2026.
Nations will need to tread carefully on the Moon in order to avoid conflict.
Nasa’s Moon programme has been hit by delays, while China aims to land by 2030.
Lunar volcanism was thought to have stopped two billion years ago.
A new tool to detect hidden layers of the surface of the far side of the Moon could provide vital information about what lies beneath and how Earth’s satellite evolved.
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