https://spacewatch.global/tag/ignition/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:49:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ignition/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/nasa-unveils-moon-base-architecture-pauses-gateway-and-accelerates-nuclear-propulsion/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72301 NASA used its agency-wide "Ignition" event on Tuesday to announce a sweeping realignment of programmes around President Trump's National Space Policy, headlined by a three-phase Moon base plan, a pause of the Gateway station in its current form, and a commitment to launch the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft to Mars before the end of 2028.]]>