NASA is hosting a public event outlining its space exploration goals under President Donald Trump.
NASA will hold a daylong public event to highlight the space agency’s upcoming mission to land astronauts on the moon and other goals under President Donald Trump.
The event, which begins at 9 a.m. ET on Tuesday, March 24, will include a series of panels and briefings at NASA headquarters to outline plans for returning to the moon and building a permanent lunar base.
In just over a week, the first manned mission to the moon in more than 50 years will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a journey around the moon.
The event comes more than three months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at paving the way to ensure the United States remains a major leader in space exploration. The order, signed on December 18, 2025, aimed to “expand the scope of human discovery, secure the nation’s vital economic and security interests, unleash commercial development, and lay the foundations for a new space age.”
Here’s everything you need to know about NASA’s public panel and how to watch it.
NASA hosts ‘high-level’ public event on President Trump’s space policy
NASA will hold a day of public events at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., as it prepares for a historic manned moon mission that could set the stage for a defining era in space exploration in the coming years.
On Tuesday, March 24 at 9 a.m. ET, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will give opening remarks, followed by a series of “high-level” panel discussions about NASA’s overall space exploration goals under the Trump administration, most notably landing astronauts on the moon with the Artemis program.
NASA said in a press release that the day will conclude with a press conference at 4:45 p.m. ET “to recap the major announcements discussed throughout the day.”
How to watch NASA livestream coverage
In addition to Amazon Prime, the report can be viewed on the agency’s streaming app “NASA+” (also available on YouTube and the agency’s X account). Netflix, which provides some live coverage of NASA events including rocket launches, is not promoting the event on its platform.
What is NASA’s Artemis Moon Program?
NASA’s Artemis moon program, established during President Trump’s first term, is the space agency’s ambitious campaign to return American astronauts to the moon’s surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program in 1972.
The Artemis mission began in 2022 with an unmanned flight test of NASA’s 322-foot-tall Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule, which will carry astronauts into lunar orbit.
Four astronauts are currently in the middle of America’s first manned moon mission in more than 50 years as part of Artemis 2. The mission could depart from Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as April, sending three Americans and one Canadian on a 10-day trip around the moon.
Ultimately, NASA aims to establish a permanent lunar base near the moon’s south pole to facilitate exploration and, ultimately, the first human expedition to Mars.
When will astronauts return to the moon? What you need to know about the 2028 landing
The Artemis 4 mission currently aims to land on the moon by 2028.
NASA leaders announced updated target deadlines at the end of February and also unveiled a new mission under the moon program, now known as Artemis 3. That mission, planned for 2027, would send a crew of astronauts into orbit around Earth in an Orion capsule, where they would join and dock with at least one of the lunar landers being developed by billionaire-owned Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
After the first manned moon landing, Isaacman plans another manned moon landing in late 2028, and at least one manned moon landing every year thereafter.
Eric Lagatta is a Space Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Please contact elagatta@usatodayco.com.
