{"id":197081,"date":"2025-04-08T03:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=b1219e148bde481dcf573e7313d0c351"},"modified":"2025-04-08T03:18:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:18:42","slug":"gateways-first-habitation-module-arrives-stateside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=197081","title":{"rendered":"Gateway\u2019s First Habitation Module Arrives Stateside"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From the mountains of Turin to the deserts of Arizona, a core element of Gateway<\/a>, humanity\u2019s first lunar space station, is now one step closer to the Moon. As seen in this April 1, 2025, photo, HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), Gateway\u2019s first pressurized module and one of its foundational elements, recently arrived in Gilbert, Arizona, following its fabrication by Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy. Now on U.S. soil, the module will undergo final outfitting by primary contractor Northrop Grumman before it\u2019s integrated with the Power and Propulsion Element<\/a> at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center. Together, the two modules will launch to lunar orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket ahead of the Artemis IV mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

HALO will support astronauts visiting Gateway and function as a command and control hub for the space station. It will feature docking ports for spacecraft such as NASA\u2019s Orion, logistics vehicles and lunar landers, and provide data handling, energy storage, power distribution, thermal regulation, and communications and tracking capabilities.<\/p>\n

HALO\u2019s arrival marks a major milestone in the construction of Gateway, a cornerstone of NASA\u2019s Artemis campaign<\/a> to advance science and exploration on and around the Moon in preparation for the next giant leap: the first human missions to Mars.<\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/Josh Valcarcel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the mountains of Turin to the deserts of Arizona, a core element of Gateway, humanity\u2019s first lunar space station, is now one step closer to the Moon. As seen in this April 1, 2025, photo, HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), Gateway\u2019s first pressurized module and one of its foundational elements, recently arrived in Gilbert, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gateway-space-station"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t