As part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, March 24, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space. These actions reflect the urgency of the moment, but also the tremendous opportunity ahead for world-changing science and discovery.
In addition to going back to the Moon, the initiatives focus on building a Moon Base, ensuring American presence in low Earth orbit, advancing world-changing discovery with current and developing science missions, and bringing nuclear power and propulsion from the lab to space. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will play a role supporting several of these initiatives.
