US Releases New Plan for Lunar Base Construction and Nuclear-Powered Lunar Rover Launch

NASA announced on the 7th that it has selected 8 companies, including Blue Origin, to participate in a new 10-year round of the Commercial Lunar Payload Services program, competing for lunar surface cargo delivery missions responsible for transporting scientific payloads, technical equipment, and infrastructure to the lunar surface. At the same time, the agency is advancing the development of a nuclear-powered lunar rover to support lunar base construction.