The Moon Base

NASA’s Moon Base program manager Carlos García-Galán discusses how NASA is building humanity’s first Moon Base and establishing a long-term human presence on the lunar surface. Episode 436 Listen to the Podcast Spotify Apple Podcasts SoundCloud RSS Feed Download MP3 The Moon Base Houston We Have a Podcast Season 1 Episode 436 Sep 11, 2026 From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible.

Transcript Nilufar Ramji Houston We Have a Podcast. Welcome to the official podcast of the NASA Johnson Space Center, episode 439: The Moon Base. I’m Nilufar Ramji, and I’ll be your host today.

On this podcast, we bring in the experts, scientists, engineers, and astronauts, all to let you know what’s going on in the world of human spaceflight and more. NASA is building humanity’s first Moon Base, a place where science and technology will support a long-term, sustainable human presence on the Moon that will prepare us for future missions to Mars.

NASA is seeking proposals to advance the technology and infrastructure needed to explore the Moon and establish a Moon Base in the lunar South Pole region. Announced on Tuesday, Sept.

8, the solicitation targets capability gaps, including power generation, oxygen extraction, and producing materials on the Moon required for construction and operations. These technologies are […].

NASA Calls for Proposals to Accelerate Lunar Surface Technologies. Low Sep 08, 2026 RELEASE 26-072 NASA Headquarters Artistic concept of lunar surface technologies and infrastructure capabilities, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production systems, surface power systems, in-space manufacturing tools, and advanced nanomaterials production.

These technologies are essential to making humanity’s next great leap in lunar exploration. “NASA is accelerating the development of key technologies and closing critical gaps needed for long-term human exploration at the Moon,” said Greg Stover, director of NASA’s Advanced Research and Technology Division.

“Partnering with industry will strengthen the U.S. Industrial base as we mature the capabilities and infrastructure needed for a sustainable lunar presence.” The NextSTEP-3 Broad Agency Announcement Appendix A: Lunar Enabling Infrastructure Accelerator solicitation aims to mature and demonstrate capabilities in five areas: Vertical solar array technology that can provide consistent power generation, management, distribution, and energy storage.

In-situ resource utilization oxygen from regolith production to extract usable oxygen molecularly bonded to rock and dust covering the Moon’s surface. Radioisotope Stirling generator, a type of nuclear energy technology that uses heat from fissile materials to produce electric power for operating spacecraft systems in the darkest, dustiest, and most remote places.