New York Times
• Kenneth Chang
NASA shelves Lunar Gateway, pivots to ~$20B Moon base and unveils nuclear Mars demonstrator for 2028
NASA will shelve the Lunar Gateway as Artemis' centerpiece and repurpose its components to build a ~$20 billion phased surface base on the Moon. The agency also unveiled Space Reactor‑1 “Freedom,” a nuclear‑powered spacecraft planned as a Mars power demonstration as early as 2028.
