Does NASA have a space station on the moon?

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One reason we haven't built a space station on the moon is that we don't send people there very often. We have only managed to put astronauts on the moon six times so far. These moon landings took place in a three-year period between 1969 and 1972 and were part of a series of space missions called the Apollo missions.2 Jan 2022

Does NASA have anything on the Moon?

NASA currently has three robotic spacecraft exploring the Moon – Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the twin ARTEMIS spacecraft (not to be confused with NASA's new Artemis program to send astronauts back to the Moon).

Why did NASA stop going to the Moon?

But in 1970 future Apollo missions were cancelled. Apollo 17 became the last manned mission to the Moon, for an indefinite amount of time. The main reason for this was money. The cost of getting to the Moon was, ironically, astronomical.

Is NASA building a new space station?

The agency has no plans to build an ISS replacement on its own, but NASA's inspector general concluded in November that the agency's critical research in microgravity — which NASA needs for missions to the moon and Mars — won't be completed by 2030.

Is Moon getting away from Earth?

The moon has been drifting away from Earth for 4.5 billion years. … The moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimeters (1.5 inches) per year, but the speed of its retreat has varied over time.

Can moons have moons?

While most of the planets have moons, and some of the Kuiper belt objects and even asteroids have natural satellites that orbit them, there are no known “moons of moons” out there.

Is the flag still in the Moon?

Images taken by a Nasa spacecraft show that the American flags planted in the Moon's soil by Apollo astronauts are mostly still standing.

Has anyone died in space?

A total of 18 people have lost their lives either while in space or in preparation for a space mission, in four separate incidents. Given the risks involved in space flight, this number is surprisingly low. … The remaining four fatalities during spaceflight were all cosmonauts from the Soviet Union.

Can the ISS fall to earth?

The ISS doesn't fall to Earth because it is moving forward at exactly the right speed that when combined with the rate it is falling, due to gravity, produces a curved path that matches the curvature of the Earth.