September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... due to their load carrying capability, enabling them to transport supplies to the Lunar Gateway and to a lunar surface base far more cost effectively. The Lunar Gateway and supporting logistics vehicles, such as the SpaceX Dragon XL and ESA’s Moon...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... specialised landers for different missions. After the first mission, a small permanent space station called the Lunar Gateway, also in rectilinear halo orbit, assists crew transfers and logistics. A space station implies a freighter, and SpaceX...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...is designed around sustainability. NASA and international partners have already begun to construct hardware for the Gateway, a habitable station in lunar orbit. On the surface of the Moon, long-term habitats are planned, supported by in-situ resource...
27 January 2020
US bill spurns Moon programme favouring Mars instead
... a backwards step by the US government away from a more ambitious agenda for space exploration. Even the proposed lunar Gateway - a base in lunar orbit used as a platform for astronauts heading to the Moon and a key element of NASA's Artemis program...
April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
...; and the promise (or threat depending on your national perspective) of China’s advancing space technologies. Inevitably, the Lunar Gateway system featured broadly among the technical sessions, even though the launch of the first hardware...
October 2026
After the applause What Artemis II really means
..., or at least stability. Unfortunately, stability is not one of NASA’s core competencies. Following years of hype, the Lunar Gateway station was cancelled in March 2026, allegedly in favour of a permanent surface base. No doubt some of the bean...
