FILE PHOTO: Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Unlike the Apollo programme that put astronauts on the moon 50 years ago, NASA is gearing up for a long term presence on Earth's satellite that the agency says will eventually enable humans to reach Mars.
"Now, NASA is working to build a sustainable, open architecture that returns humanity to our nearest neighbour," Jim Bridenstine, the administrator of the U.S. space agency, said in a statement to a Senate committee on Wednesday.
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