NASA is halting plans for a lunar space station and instead plans to build a $20 billion base on the moon's surface. The new focus was announced by Jared Isaacman, NASA's chief.

<img alt="Space station with solar panels orbiting moon" height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/e753c408-d713-47f3-9e32-38b3ef6f68cb,1774367583987/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="The Gateway space station hosts the Orion spacecraft in a polar orbit around the Moon in an artist&apos;s conception from NASA. The orbiting space station project has been paused, NASA announced Tuesday." width="620" /><p>NASA is pausing plans to deploy a sp...