The new initiative includes a base on the moon, a nuclear-powered flight to Mars and a replacement for the ISS.

The agency is cancelling plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and ​will instead use its components to construct the ‌base, NASA chief Jared Isaacman announced Tuesday.

The space agency will aim to send a nuclear-powered rocket to Mars—a first—in a bid to show that nuclear propulsion can be used to send missions into deep space

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NASA is abandoning efforts to build a space station orbiting the Moon, and will instead put $20 billion toward a lunar base, officials announced Tuesday.

NASA is pausing plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct ‌a $20 billion base on the moon's surface over the next seven years, its new chief Jared Isaacman said on Tuesday.

NASA plans to develop a permanent moon base in three opening phases, investing $20 billion over seven years to create a human foothold.

NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Tuesday said the agency would cancel plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and instead use its components to construct a base on the moon's surface.