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.

Northrop Grumman works on HALO, the main central module of the now-sidelined Gateway lunar space station. Credit: Northrop Grumman NASA will shelve its plan for a small lunar space station in favor of building a base directly on the moon.

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WASHINGTON — NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency "intends to pause" its Gateway project that would have created a space station in orbit around the Moon, instead shifting focus towards "building a lunar base.

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