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...
November 2026
Beyond footprints - what Apollo really taught us about becoming a spacefaring civilisation
... they achieved the impossible before building the infrastructure necessary to sustain it NASA’s Artemis programme, the proposed Lunar Gateway station, commercial orbital habitats and the emergence of fully reusable launch systems all suggest that...
July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
... elevating Canadian robotics capabilities to new levels. Concept for Canadarm3, Canada’s smart robotic system for the Lunar Gateway. Lunar Gateway Years of intensive effort by the extended robotics team resulted in Ground Control, whereby arm motion...
04 February 2021
Three more service modules for Artemis to be built in Europe
... more European Service Modules for Orion, NASA’s spacecraft that will fly astronauts to the Moon and lunar Gateway as part of the Artemis programme. With these European Service Modules – in addition to three already in production – ESA is ensuring...
