[NASA] Gateway: Life in a Lunar Module

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Teams from NASA and ESA (********* Space Agency), including NASA astronaut Stan Love (far right) and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano (far left) help conduct human factors testing inside a mockup for the Gateway lunar space station.

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Teams at NASA, ESA (********* Space Agency), and Thales Alenia Space, including astronauts Stan Love and Luca Parmitano, came together in Turin, Italy, this summer for a test run of

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, humanity’s first space station to orbit the Moon.

The group conducted what is known as human factors testing inside a mockup of

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, one of four Gateway modules where

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will live, conduct science, and prepare for missions to the Moon’s South Pole region. The testing is an important step on the path to launch by helping refine the design of spacecraft for comfort and safety.

Lunar I-Hab is provided by ESA and Thales Alenia Space and is slated to launch on

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. During that mission, four astronauts will launch inside the Orion spacecraft atop an upgraded version of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and deliver Lunar I-Hab to Gateway in orbit around the Moon.

ESA, CSA (********* Space Agency), JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Space Centre of the ******* ***** Emirates are providing

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for Gateway, including

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, the modules where astronauts will live and work, robotics, and life support systems.

International teams of astronauts will explore the scientific mysteries of deep space with Gateway as part of the

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campaign to return to the Moon for scientific discovery and chart a path for the first human missions to Mars and beyond.

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A mockup of ESA’s Lunar I-Hab module, one of four elements of the Gateway space station where astronauts will live, conduct science, and prepare for missions to the lunar South Pole Region.

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An artist’s rendering of ESA’s Lunar I-Hab module in orbit around the Moon, one of four elements of the Gateway space station where astronauts will live, conduct science, and prepare for missions to the lunar South Pole Region.

NASA/Alberto Bertolin, Bradley Reynolds

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Oct 22, 2024

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