Gateway: The first lunar space station

An interaction of sunshine and shadows solid the docking ports for Gateway, humanity’s first space station across the moon, into sharp aid.

Constructed by NASA industrial companion Northrup Grumman, HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), is considered one of 4 modules the place worldwide groups of astronauts will dwell, conduct science, and put together for missions to the lunar South Pole area. The module’s principal construction is at the moment present process testing in Turin, Italy.

One docking port inside HALO is the place a cargo spacecraft and Gateway’s Lunar View module, supplied by ESA (European House Company), will dock. The docking port exterior of HALO is the place the SpaceX Starship and the Blue Origin Blue Moon Human Touchdown Techniques will dock throughout the Artemis IV and V missions, respectively.

Gateway will launch to lunar orbit with the Energy and Propulsion Factor, supplied by Maxar House Techniques, and later develop with ESA’s Lunar I-Hab and Lunar View modules, the Crew and Science Airlock supplied by the Mohammed Bin Rashid House Heart, superior exterior robotics supplied by CSA (Canadian House Company), and demanding {hardware} from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Company).

NASA and its worldwide companions will discover the scientific mysteries of deep space with Gateway. The space station is central to the Artemis structure that can return people to lunar surface for scientific discovery and chart a path for the primary people to Mars.