Gateway: from Lunar Station to Spare Parts
What happened to the Gateway station in lunar orbit, and where does its hardware and money go?
Chapter summary
Gateway was to be a small station in a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon, built with Europe, Japan, Canada and the United Arab Emirates.
Key takeaways
- 1
In March 2026 NASA paused it "in its current form" and the FY2027 request asked for no discretionary Gateway funding, moving the money to the Moon Base.
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The two US modules already in production are being reused: hardware from the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) goes into three Northrop Grumman surface demonstrations, and the Power and Propulsion Element is being turned into the propulsion system of a nuclear-electric Mars demonstrator.
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Partners are re-planning their contributions.
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