President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on 18 December 2025 that commits the United States to landing astronauts on the Moon by 2028 and establishing initial groundwork for a permanent lunar presence by 2030, while laying strategic foundations for future Mars missions.
The order—titled Ensuring American Space Superiority— marks the most significant shift in US space policy in decades and is widely seen as a direct response to China's rapidly advancing space ambitions.
