AAC $10.00 +0.20% ▲ ACHR $4.10 +0.74% ▲ AERO $16.10 +0.50% ▲ AIN $60.60 -0.06% ▼ AIR $96.90 -0.06% ▼ AM $20.03 -3.56% ▼ AMP $496.96 +0.47% ▲ AMTM $18.53 +1.26% ▲ APH $81.08 -1.16% ▼ ASB $28.76 +1.71% ▲ ATI $186.86 -0.34% ▼ ATRO $60.78 -1.32% ▼ AVAV $121.28 +1.60% ▲ AVNW $19.49 +0.52% ▲ AXON $403.96 -0.33% ▼ BAB $25.72 +0.82% ▲ BAH $73.31 +2.00% ▲ BBAI $2.26 +4.64% ▲ BDL $48.72 -0.28% ▼ BELFB $215.68 -3.47% ▼ BHE $71.59 -3.74% ▼ BKSY $17.76 +2.60% ▲ BWXT $135.87 +1.41% ▲ CACI $607.22 +1.20% ▲ CAE $23.60 +1.55% ▲ CDRE $26.33 +2.11% ▲ CICN $0.00 CMTL $1.47 +20.07% ▲ CNC $70.89 +3.16% ▲ CODA $9.95 +0.51% ▲ AAC $10.00 +0.20% ▲ ACHR $4.10 +0.74% ▲ AERO $16.10 +0.50% ▲ AIN $60.60 -0.06% ▼ AIR $96.90 -0.06% ▼ AM $20.03 -3.56% ▼ AMP $496.96 +0.47% ▲ AMTM $18.53 +1.26% ▲ APH $81.08 -1.16% ▼ ASB $28.76 +1.71% ▲ ATI $186.86 -0.34% ▼ ATRO $60.78 -1.32% ▼ AVAV $121.28 +1.60% ▲ AVNW $19.49 +0.52% ▲ AXON $403.96 -0.33% ▼ BAB $25.72 +0.82% ▲ BAH $73.31 +2.00% ▲ BBAI $2.26 +4.64% ▲ BDL $48.72 -0.28% ▼ BELFB $215.68 -3.47% ▼ BHE $71.59 -3.74% ▼ BKSY $17.76 +2.60% ▲ BWXT $135.87 +1.41% ▲ CACI $607.22 +1.20% ▲ CAE $23.60 +1.55% ▲ CDRE $26.33 +2.11% ▲ CICN $0.00 CMTL $1.47 +20.07% ▲ CNC $70.89 +3.16% ▲ CODA $9.95 +0.51% ▲

How NASA is thinking about a moon base

October 15, 2026 · by DPW Pipeline

In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with NASA’s Shatel Bhakta, the principal systems engineer for Moon Base, about what’s needed between now and 2028 and the incremental steps to the future.

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