NASA Chief Predicts US Race with China to Put Next Human on Moon

Washington DC (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2021

Chinese technical prowess demonstrated by landing a rover on Mars, plus an upcoming Russia-China announcement on cooperation in space, suggests that the United States could face competition in its bid to land two American astronauts on the Moon in 2024, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on Tuesday. Nelson said China's successful May 14 landing of a rover on Mars, the second nation apart