# Weekly Space Report: NASA Permanent Moon Base Plans

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-nasa-permanent-moon-base-plans/6376
**Category:** The Happening World
**Tags:** astrolab, nasa, marcus-house, spacex
**Created:** [20 June 2026 13:49 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-nasa-permanent-moon-base-plans/6376 "2026-06-20T13:49:06Z")
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### Author: ![pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/pturmel/32/111_2.png) [@pturmel](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/pturmel)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 13:49 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-nasa-permanent-moon-base-plans/6376/1 "2026-06-20T13:49:06Z")

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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ju_HFL_d5Nk/maxresdefault.jpg "FINALLY! Starship's Next Giant Leap") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju_HFL_d5Nk)

Highlights:

- Preview of Orbital target for Starship Test Flight 14

- Wall to support “Gateway To Mars” rebuilding

- Unusual, unexplained deluge tests at Pad 2

- Continued propellant storage expansion at Pad 1

- Demolishing Pad 1 electrical bunker.

- Pad 1 new launch mount parts accumulating

- TX Gigabay walls reach full height. Roof soon.

- FL Gigabay wall structure also reaches full height.

- FL SLC-37A adding more tower sections.

- Falcon 9: Starlink 17-54, AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 8 & 9 & 10, NROL-179

- Cargo Dragon CRS-34 departs the ISS and splashes down. Numerous projects return to Earth.

- NASA Moon Base missions discussion

- Astrolab Lunar Rover preview

- Arianespace Ariane 6 Amazon Leo LE-03 mission, upgraded Ariane 6 boosters.

- Legacy buildings at Vandenberg SLC-6 demolition video

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### Author: ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [20 June 2026 14:02 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-nasa-permanent-moon-base-plans/6376/2 "2026-06-20T14:02:57Z")

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> [@pturmel](#):
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> - NASA Moon Base missions discussion

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ei_GZnrr1nw/hqdefault.jpg "Dr. Evil - The Alan Parsons Project") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_GZnrr1nw)

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aTpCheX46wI/hqdefault.jpg "Dr Evil - frickin rotating chair") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTpCheX46wI)

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### Author: ![CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/ctlaw/32/42_2.png) [@CTLaw](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/CTLaw)
#### Post date: [21 June 2026 16:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/weekly-space-report-nasa-permanent-moon-base-plans/6376/3 "2026-06-21T16:03:57Z")

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> [@pturmel](#):
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> - Legacy buildings at Vandenberg SLC-6 demolition video

 ![image](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/3X/9/6/967d364b1cf545788c23c0b3a8da0334effff462.jpeg)  
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> **[Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_6)**
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> Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6, pronounced "Slick Six") is a launch pad and associated support infrastructure at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Construction at the site began in 1966, but the first launch did not occur until 1995 due to program cancellations and subsequent repurposing efforts.
> The site was originally envisioned to support Titan IIIM rockets and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory. However, these projects were terminated before SLC-6's completion. Between 1979 ...