The Gateway space station’s HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), one of four modules where astronauts will live, conduct science and prepare for missions to the lunar surface, is one step closer to launch after completing welding in Turin , Italy, a milestone highlighted by NASA earlier this year.
Thales Alenia Space teams gently guide HALO to new location at the company’s facilities to perform a series of stress tests to ensure the safety of the module. Upon successful completion, the astronauts’ future home will travel to Gilbert, Arizona, where Northrop Grumman will complete final outfitting prior to launch into lunar orbit with the Gateway power and propulsion element.
NASA and its international partners will explore the scientific mysteries of deep space with Gateway, the Humanity’s first space station in lunar orbit supporting the Artemis campaign to return humans to the Moon and chart a path for the first human missions to Mars.
