NASA will attempt to send humans back to the moon within a decade . The agency has announced their intention to build an orbiting lunar station , known as the Gateway , that will be visited by humans by 2024 , and will allow them to travel to and from the surface sometime after 2026 . A return to the moon has been considered by NASA for decades , but ambitions have gained extra urgency under encouragement from US President Donald Trump . The first piece NASA wants to make is the power module, which the agency hopes to launch by 2022 on a commercial rocket. Despite the encouragement , no building work has taken place yet and remains reliant on new technology being developed amid existing plans for other missions .
NASA will attempt to send humans back to the moon within a decade . The agency has announced their intention to build an orbiting lunar station , known as the Gateway , that will be visited by humans by 2024 , and will allow them to travel to and from the surface sometime after 2026 . A return to the moon has been considered by NASA for decades , but ambitions have gained extra urgency under encouragement from US President Donald Trump . Despite the encouragement , no building work has taken place yet and remains reliant on new technology being developed amid existing plans for other missions .