Lunar Gateway
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The Lunar Gateway is a planned small, crew-tended space station in lunar orbit that will serve as a staging point and research outpost for sustained human exploration of the Moon and beyond.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Habitation and Logistics Outpost | 1 |
| Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway | 1 |
Statements (72)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA program element
ⓘ
crew-tended outpost ⓘ lunar orbital platform ⓘ space station ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LOP-G ⓘ |
| agreement | Artemis Accords partner contributions ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Gateway
ⓘ
Lunar Gateway ⓘ
surface form:
Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway
|
| announcedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| announcedIn | late 2010s ⓘ |
| communication | relay for lunar far side missions ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
member states of the European Space Agency ⓘ |
| crew |
crew-tended
ⓘ
not permanently inhabited ⓘ |
| crewTransport | Orion spacecraft ⓘ |
| designedFor | 30- to 90-day crew visits ⓘ |
| designFeature |
docking ports for Orion spacecraft
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docking ports for lunar landers ⓘ highly elliptical lunar orbit ⓘ modular architecture ⓘ |
| differenceFrom |
not in low Earth orbit
ⓘ
smaller than the International Space Station ⓘ |
| funding | funded primarily by NASA and partner agencies ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Canadarm3
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadarm3 robotic arm
HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) ⓘ PPE (Power and Propulsion Element) ⓘ |
| internationalCollaboration | multinational project ⓘ |
| launchVehicle |
Falcon Heavy rocket
ⓘ
surface form:
Falcon Heavy
Space Launch System ⓘ commercial launch vehicles ⓘ |
| location | lunar orbit ⓘ |
| logistics | resupplied by cargo spacecraft ⓘ |
| module |
Lunar Gateway
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Habitation and Logistics Outpost
International Habitation Module (I-Hab) ⓘ Power and Propulsion Element ⓘ airlock module ⓘ logistics modules ⓘ robotic arm ⓘ |
| operator |
Canadian Space Agency
ⓘ
Canadian Space Agency ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
European Space Agency ⓘ European Space Agency ⓘ
surface form:
European Space Agency (ESA)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
NASA ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| partOf | Artemis program ⓘ |
| plannedOrbit | near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon ⓘ |
| powerSource |
solar arrays
ⓘ
solar electric propulsion ⓘ |
| purpose |
enable missions to Mars and deep space
ⓘ
serve as a research outpost in lunar orbit ⓘ serve as a staging point for lunar surface missions ⓘ support sustained human exploration of the Moon ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
International Space Station program
ⓘ
surface form:
International Space Station
|
| roboticArm | Canadarm3 ⓘ |
| role |
logistics hub for lunar surface operations
ⓘ
testbed for deep space habitation systems ⓘ |
| scientificUse |
human health and performance research
ⓘ
lunar science ⓘ space environment research ⓘ technology demonstration ⓘ |
| spaceAgency |
CSA
ⓘ
European Space Agency ⓘ
surface form:
ESA
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
surface form:
JAXA
NASA ⓘ |
| status | planned ⓘ |
| supportsMission |
Artemis III
ⓘ
future Artemis lunar landing missions ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway
this entity surface form:
Habitation and Logistics Outpost