Artemis Moon Base Aims to Span Hundreds of Square Miles With Drones and Rovers
TL;DR
NASA’s Artemis program envisions a multi‑phase Moon Base near the south pole that could cover hundreds of square miles, with hopping MoonFall drones scouting and marking the site’s borders and autonomous lunar rovers from Astrolab and Lunar Outpost; Firefly Aerospace will deliver the first MoonFall landers in 2028 to kick off perimeter mapping, while Artemis 3/4 missions will preposition rovers as the base advances toward a semi‑permanent crew presence by 2032.
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