National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of the Administrator
Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546-0001
March 6, 2026
Erkki Keldo
Minister
Ministry of Economy and Industry
Dear Minister Keldo:
On December 18, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order outlining the U.S. National
Space Policy and establishing his vision for America’s future in space. Under this policy, NASA
will return Americans to the Moon by 2028 through the Artemis program and initiate the
elements of a permanent lunar base by 2030. We are moving quickly to implement the
President’s clear direction.
In the next month, NASA will host a public event in Washington, D.C., to outline how we will
execute the President’s National Space Policy. We will recognize current partnerships and
outline significant new opportunities for collaboration on the Moon. As a first phase, NASA will
announce a series of solicitations for early Moon base development activities, including frequent
lander and rover missions to the lunar surface (Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)-
style missions) for communications and navigation, power, surface improvements, and in-situ
resource manufacturing demonstrations. These early landings, beginning in 2027, will be focused
on experimentation and learning, and will create collaboration opportunities with international
partners on science instruments and technology demonstrations. This will be followed by a
transition to Phase 2, which will focus on capabilities for habitable and lasting infrastructure
aligned with more frequent human missions to the lunar surface. Phase 2 will signal demand for
crew and cargo launches beyond Artemis V. We are looking for international capabilities across
the range of these Phase 1 and Phase 2 areas with crew opportunities to the surface prioritized for
those partners providing the most significant resource commitments.
I invite you or your designee to join me at this flagship announcement to demonstrate your
shared commitment to this vision for lunar exploration. While we appreciate it may take time to
arrive at firm commitments or agreements for future collaboration in support of Phase 1 and
Phase 2 activities, NASA wants to begin these discussions right away. Please reach out to
Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations (Acting) Meredith McKay at
[email protected] and Senior Advisor for International and Interagency Relations
Kathleen Karika at
[email protected] to initiate these important discussions. Together,
we will achieve the near impossible and write a history remembered by generations to come.
Sincerely,
Jared Isaacman
NASA Administrator