13 March 2020
ESA and NASA select first science instruments to send to Gateway
... understanding of cosmic and solar rays in unexplored areas as the orbital outpost is assembled around the Moon. The first module for the Gateway, the Power and Propulsion Element, is set to launch on the second Artemis mission and will host two...
14 October 2020
NASA signs up nations for its Artemis Accords, while Russia shuns Gateway plans
... was a “truly international project.” Russia’s lack of involvement in the Gateway could see the end of the close cooperation seen by the two big space-faring nations on the ISS for the last two decades. But, Rogozin, whose speech by video link was...
15 May 2019
New funding under fire for Moon 2024 Artemis mission
... this week, are a down payment ‘that gets us out of the gate in a very strong fashion and sets us up for success in the future.” The gate that Bridenstine refers to, is the Gateway, the lunar orbital space station that will serve as a base for...
04 February 2021
Three more service modules for Artemis to be built in Europe
... land the first woman and next man on the Moon. The modules announced this week will be used for the Artemis IV to VI missions. The first two of these three Modules in the contract are the European contribution to the international lunar Gateway.
02 July 2019
Orion spacecraft's launch abort test completed successfully
...’s backbone for deep space exploration, along with the SLS and Gateway, that will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024. Through the Artemis program, the next American Moon walkers will depart Earth aboard...
21 October 2019
Russia could join US-led Lunar Gateway programme
... Congress (IAC) in Washington, DC this week. NASA hopes to launch a portion of the Gateway as part of the Trump administration's goal to speed up the next human landing on the Moon by four years, from 2028 to 2024. Astronauts would travel from Earth...
