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BREAKING: NASA's bold new step to land first people on Mars in 'humanity's next giant leap'

NASA has announced a bold new step towards it's hugely ambitious plan to land the first humans on Mars in what it calls "humanity's next giant leap."

The space giant has established the new Moon to Mars Program Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington, to carry out the agency’s human exploration activities at the Moon and Mars "for the benefit of humanity", it said in a statement released today.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement: "The Moon to Mars Program Office will help prepare NASA to carry out our bold missions to the Moon and land the first humans on Mars.

“The golden age of exploration is happening right now, and this new office will help ensure that NASA successfully establishes a long-term lunar presence needed to prepare for humanity’s next giant leap to the Red Planet.”

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NASA prepares to open a new era of scientific discovery and prepare for human missions to Mars.

The Moon to Mars Program Office focuses on hardware development, mission integration, and risk management.

The new office will help lead planning and analysis for long-lead developments to support human Mars missions.

It also includes Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, supporting ground systems, human landing systems, spacesuits, Gateway, which is more related to deep space exploration.

NASA has established the new Moon to Mars Program Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington (

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