DescriptionLunar Orbital Platform-Gateway with approaching Orion spacecraft.jpg
English: Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway with approaching Orion spacecraft
The Gateway Objectives
NASA shall establish a Gateway to enable a sustained presence around and on the Moon and to develop and deploy critical infrastructure required for operations on the lunar surface and at other deep space destinations.
– The Gateway shall be utilized to enable human crewed missions to cislunar space including capabilities that enable surface missions. (Crewed Missions)
– The Gateway shall provide capabilities to meet scientific requirements for lunar discovery and exploration, as well as other science objectives. (Science Requirements)
– The Gateway shall be utilized to enable, demonstrate and prove technologies that are enabling for Lunar missions and that feed forward to Mars as well as other deep space destinations. (Proving Ground & Technology Demonstration)
– NASA shall establish industry and international partnerships to develop and operate the Gateway. (Partnerships)
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet/
Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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