NASA cancels Lunar Gateway orbital station, prioritizing lunar surface base instead

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced on March 24, 2026, that the Lunar Gateway orbital station project is paused in its current form. Instead, NASA will redirect resources toward building a $20 billion base on the lunar surface over the next seven years, a strategy shift from the earlier architecture that relied on a Gateway station as a way station between Earth and the Moon.