NASA establishes 'Moon to Mars' office to help get astronauts to Red Planet

NASA has set up the Moon to Mars Program Office to manage crewed activities at and around these two deep-space destinations. (Image credit: NASA)

NASA has set up a new office to manage the agency's crewed activities at and around the moon and Mars.

"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," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement on Thursday (March 30).