Geopolitics in space: Why great powers are scrambling for the moon

Artemis II moon mission crew members Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch pose for photographs after taking part in a news conference with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 18.

Artemis II moon mission crew members Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch pose for photographs after taking part in a news conference with NASA Administrator Bill Nelson and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 18.
| REUTERS

One of the many testing chambers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center that can mimic the conditions of space, the largest of which will be used early next year to test construction technology company ICON’s 3D construction printer, in Huntsville, Alabama, on Sept. 19.

One of the many testing chambers at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center that can mimic the conditions of space, the largest of which will be used early next year to test construction technology company ICON’s 3D construction printer, in Huntsville, Alabama, on Sept. 19.
| Robert Rausch / The New York Times

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