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During a panel discussion at the 35th Space Symposium April 10, space agency officials discussed the value of the lunar Gateway but not how NASA's accelerated lunar plans will change it. Credit: Tom Kimmell

COLORADO SPRINGS — As NASA develops its plans to accelerate a human return to the surface of the moon, international partners are left wondering what roles, if any, they will have in that effort.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...