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The proposed budget does include two longer-term scientific goals endorsed by Trump — a return of astronauts to the moon via a project dubbed Artemis, and the landing of a crew on Mars.

Nasa wants to use Starship as part of its Artemis programme, which aims to establish a long-term human presence on the Moon.

More than 50 years on, Nasa is planning an imminent return to the lunar surface with its Artemis programme.

As for the Moon, the US Artemis missions aim to return astronauts there, perhaps by 2027.

Artemis is NASA’s step-by-step “Moon to Mars” human spaceflight campaign.