Advanced Exploration Systems Programme

In the last few months, Nasa has bolstered the development of a habitation module that could be tested in cislunar space (lying between the Earth and the Moon or the Moon's orbit) in 2020s.

The Obama administration wants NASA to speed up work on sending humans on deep space exploration missions, including Mars, and has instructed the US space agency to spend at least $55 million on a "habitation augmentation module".

In the last few months, Nasa has bolstered the development of a habitation module that could be tested in cislunar space (lying between the Earth and the Moon or the Moon's orbit) in 2020s.

The Obama administration wants NASA to speed up work on sending humans on deep space exploration missions, including Mars, and has instructed the US space agency to spend at least $55 million on a "habitation augmentation module".