NASA lays out moon base plans with landers, buggies and drones at the top of the list

NASA has awarded contracts to four U.S. companies, including Blue Origin, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost, and Firefly Aerospace, to develop landers, lunar buggies, and drones for its moon base. The first phase aims to deliver hardware by 2028, with Artemis astronauts landing on the moon as early as 2028, followed by infrastructure development in the 2030s.