NASA and the Government of Japan on Thursday announced further contributions by Japan to Gateway, a key component of the agency’s Artemis missions for long-term lunar exploration. NASA Administrator ...

The delivery of three 12 kilowatt Hall-effect thrusters to NASA’s Lunar Gateway marks a pivotal moment in how the United States plans to move and maintain a crew-tended outpost in deep space. By ...

In one way or another, the Lunar Gateway has lingered around the periphery of NASA’s human exploration program since the Obama administration. Back then, the elements that eventually coalesced into ...

NASA’s Lunar Gateway is facing some serious challenges ahead of its launch: The orbital outpost may be unable to support large visiting vehicles such as SpaceX’s Starship, which is 18 times more ...

NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars? By Sarah Scoles/Undark Published Feb 3, 2025 8:00 AM EST This article was originally ...

NASA is pressing pause on its planned Lunar Gateway space station, redirecting resources and attention toward putting astronauts on the Moon’s surface as fast as possible. The agency laid out the ...