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Gateway Gets Good Reviews from NAC Committees

Aug. 28, 2018

From Space Policy Online: Members of two NASA Advisory Council (NAC) committees representing the science and human exploration communities seem upbeat about the potential of NASA鈥檚 concept for a lunar orbiting Gateway. At a joint meeting today, they heard from engineers about the design and scientists about how it can...

Boeing Deep Space Gateway

NASA Shapes Science Plan for Deep-Space Outpost Near the Moon

March 15, 2018

From Space.com: NASA is pressing forward on plans to build a Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, an outpost for astronauts positioned in the space near Earth's moon. According to NASA, the Gateway will not only be a place to live, learn and work around the moon but will also support an array...

An artist's rendition of NASA's Orion spacecraft as well as its proposed Deep Space Gateway, a crew-tended spaceport in lunar orbit that could support surface operations on the moon. Credit: NASA

Shooting for the Moon-This Time to Stay

Jan. 31, 2018

From Scientific American: MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.鈥擡arth鈥檚 nearest neighbor, the moon, is far from being a 鈥渂een there, done that鈥 world in space science and exploration. That鈥檚 the message from scientists and engineers at NASA鈥檚 Lunar Science for Landed Missions Workshop, recently held here at the space agency鈥檚 Ames Research Center...