All about NASA's Gateway Lunar Orbiting Outpost.
                     ALL ABOUT NASA'S GATEWAY 
LUNAR ORBITING OUTPOST
INTRODUCTI
ON
Recently, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (NASA) 
has finalised the contract to 
design the Habitation and 
Logistics Outpost (HALO) for its 
Gateway Lunar Orbiting Outpost.
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NASA’S ARTEMIS PROGRAM 
The Habitation and Logistics 
(HALO) support for the Gateway, is 
a part of NASA’s Artemis program 
that aims to send the first woman 
and the next man to the Moon by 
2024.
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HABITATION AND LOGISTICS 
(HALO)
• It refers to the pressurised 
living quarters where 
astronauts will spend their time 
while visiting the Gateway.
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SIZE OF QUARTERS
• These quarters will be about 
the size of a small apartment 
and will provide augmented life 
support together with Orion 
spacecraft.
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THE GATEWAY
• NASA has targeted the 
completion of the Gateway for 
2026, while work on the 
spaceship is already underway. 
• Once docked to the Gateway, 
astronauts will be able to stay 
there for three months at a 
time
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LIFETIME OF THE GATEWAY
• The Gateway can be used at 
least once per year and 
astronauts can not stay around 
the year like they do on the 
International Space Station 
(ISS).
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SIGNIFICANCE
• Significantly, Gateway would 
work as a science platform to 
look back at the Earth, observe 
the Sun, and get unobstructed 
views of the vast universe.
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EXPLORATION
• It will act as an airport, where 
spacecraft bound for the lunar 
surface of Mars can refuel or 
replace parts and resupply 
things like food and oxygen, 
allowing astronauts to take 
multiple trips to the Lunar 
surface and exploration of new 
locations across the Moon. 
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GATEWAY LUNAR ORBIT 
OUTPOST
• The Gateway is a small 
spaceship that will orbit the 
Moon, meant for astronaut 
missions to the Moon and later, 
for expeditions to Mars. 
• It will act as a temporary office 
and living quarters for 
astronauts, distanced at about 
250,000 miles from Earth. 
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PROJECT DETAILS
• While the project is led by 
NASA, the Gateway is meant to 
be developed, serviced, and 
utilized in collaboration with 
commercial and international 
partners: Canada (Canadian 
Space Agency), Europe 
(European Space Agency), and 
Japan (JAXA)
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