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...
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...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
...the habitat originally proposed for NASA’s lunar Gateway, and do you have other visions for it? GUPTA Yes, it...likely do what they call a shakedown cruise, meaning it stays on the Gateway for a number of years to prove that it works in orbit and ...
10 August 2021
NASA-funded commercial Moon mission to launch from New Zealand
... an unobstructed view of Earth. The constant view of Earth from the NRHO makes it an ideal orbit for NASA’s lunar Gateway – an outpost that is part of the Artemis missions that will establish a long-term presence at the Moon. Operations...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
... collection of a sample of the Ryugu asteroid using the Hayabusa-2 spacecraft, the next step in human exploration is the lunar gateway and exploration of the Moon’s surface… and later Mars. Again, this is all done by international collaboration and...
