Right now, engineers are busy crafting the first components of what will eventually become the Gateway space station. One day, if all goes according to plan, Gateway will serve as the first space station in lunar orbit, and the moon’s first genuine transport hub. Though it isn’t planned to be permanently inhabited, this station is […]
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UAE to provide airlock for NASA’s moon-orbiting Gateway space station
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is getting involved with NASA’s Artemis moon program, by building an airlock for the lunar Gateway space station. In return, one of the Middle Eastern nation’s astronauts will get to visit the outpost in the future. The UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) will build the Crew and Science […]