The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit ...

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 shared footage showing astronauts using VR headsets to learn what it will be like aboard the Lunar Gateway space station. The Lunar Gateway will orbit the moon and be used mainly for getting ...

Astronauts are already practicing living aboard the first space station around the moon by using virtual reality. NASA's budding moon-dwellers are exploring the yet-to-be-built Lunar Gateway space ...

In a major step towards returning humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972, the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) recently announced they will be ...

ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst visited Thales Alenia Space in Turin recently to test out and provide feedback on accommodations for the next human outpost in space, the lunar Gateway. As the name ...

Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will help keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Lunar Gateway moon-orbiting space station. The undershirts, made of a smart material known as Astroskin, have ...

Engineers are stress-testing the core module for Gateway, a lunar space station designed to provide astronauts with a place to live, conduct scientific research, and prepare for moonwalks. Credit: ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is pushing ahead with its ambitious plans for the Lunar Gateway, a space station that will orbit the Moon. After some rocky moments, ESA has made it clear that it is ...

I agree with everybody else here - Lunar Gateway is pointless as currently embodied - since the plan is always to dock the same spacecraft to the Gateway that is intended to actually go to the moon, ...

The budget threatens to kill Lunar Gateway and the Mars Sample Return mission, along with phasing out the gigantic SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. A report suggests SpaceX's giant rocket might be too ...

I'd say that the Lunar Gateway has a big existence problem at this point. Also, that cartoon from the IG report does a good job of (unintentionally?) pointing out how absurd the Gateway is when you ...