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US and China will need to discuss moon mission plans, NASA chief predicts


Bill Nelson also noted that SpaceX's recent successful Starship test boosts the agency's Artemis 3 plans.

NASA chief Bill Nelson met with the press at the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) here on Tuesday (Oct. 15), addressing questions related to the agency's Artemis program. China and NASA are planning landings at the lunar south pole, where permanently shadowed craters are thought to harbor lots of water ice. Artemis 3 aims to land humans on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, including the first woman and the first person of color to walk on the lunar surface.

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