NASA Eyes Return to Moon to announce partnerships with US companies

NASA, which is a historical badet on InSight on Mars, should now focus on Moon mission by announcing new partnerships with US companies, announced the US Space Agency.

Working with American companies is the next step towards conducting long-term scientific studies. Exploration of the Moon and Mars, said NASA in a statement Tuesday.

"We are announcing new partnerships on the moon with American companies … the United States is returning to the moon's surface, and we are doing it sooner than you think!", Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator tweeted .

The agency will unveil details of its efforts to return to the moon at a press conference Thursday afternoon.

NASA will unveil the names of future partners chosen to send astronauts bac k to the moon, for the first time in nearly five decades.

Known as the "Moon to Mars" project, NASA will lead an innovative and sustainable exploration of the Moon with commercial and international partners.

The initiative falls under Space Policy Directive No. 1, signed by US President Donald Trump in December 2017.

"The directive I am signing today will refocus the US space program on Human exploration and discovery is a first step in the return of American astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972 for long-term exploration and use, "said Trump. .

"This time, we will not plant our flag and leave our footsteps." "We will lay the foundation for a possible mission to Mars and maybe one day worlds beyond."

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