NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's tenure has introduced a raft of changes at the US space agency

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's tenure has introduced a raft of changes at the US space agency

 Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo

NASA's chief on Tuesday said the US space agency will invest $20 billion to develop a base on the Moon, while suspending its plans to create the lunar orbital space station known as Gateway.

"The agency intends to pause Gateway in its current form and shift focus to infrastructure that enables sustained surface operations," Jared Isaacman said in a statement given during a day-long event at NASA headquarters in Washington.

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