https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunar-gateway/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:53:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/lunar-gateway/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/space-cafe-radio-with-christian-fidi-and-sascha-bechthold/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73456 Yvette Gonzalez speaks with TTTECH's Christian Fidi and Sascha Bechthold about the Vienna-based company powering Ariane 6, NASA's Lunar Gateway, and Artemis II - with over a billion flight hours and a technology Europe can't do without.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/05/esas-astronaut-class-of-2022-first-news-conference/ Thu, 04 May 2023 06:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=48410 Today marks one month since ESA’s newly selected astronaut class of 2022 began their basic training in Cologne, Germany. ESA astronaut candidates Sophie Adenot, Pablo Álvarez Fernández, Rosemary Coogan, Raphaël Liégeois and Marco Sieber took up duty at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) on 3 April 2023 to be trained to the highest level of standards as specified by the International Space Station partners. They are part of the 17-member astronaut class of 2022, selected from 22,500 applicants across ESA Member States. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/solstar-space-to-provide-wireless-access-points-for-nasas-halo-module/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 06:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42229 In-Orbit communications company, Solstar Space (Solstar) will provide the Wireless Access Points (WAP) to be used on NASA’s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module planned for launch in 2024, the company announced along with aerospace and defense technology company, Northrop Grumman.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/president-biden-welcomes-japanese-astronaut-aboard-gateway-and-the-moon/ Mon, 30 May 2022 11:05:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41201 U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced progress on collaboration for human and robotic lunar missions while confirming their commitment to include a Japanese astronaut aboard the lunar Gateway outpost as well as part of NASA’s Artemis program to land on the Moon.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/china-confirms-building-moon-base-with-russia-by-2035/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38857 The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has confirmed the country will be joining forces with Russia to build a research Moon base by 2035. The station will rival NASA's Lunar Gateway. Russia and China announced the project in June last year, after signing an intergovernmental memorandum of understanding in March 2021.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/airbus-to-develop-pmad-for-lunar-gateway-module/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 07:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38530 Airbus Crisa, an affiliate company of Airbus, has signed a contract with Northrop Grumman to develop the Power Management and Distribution (PMAD) system for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), Airbus announced. The contract worth over US $50M marks Airbus’ first contribution to the Lunar Gateway, part of NASA’s Artemis program.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/lockheed-martin-and-general-motors-design-new-lunar-rover/ Thu, 27 May 2021 06:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33075&preview=true&preview_id=33075 Lockheed Martin and General Motors join forces to design the next generation of lunar rovers, the companies said. “The new rovers will be capable of transporting astronauts across farther distances on the lunar surface.” They also "would be designed to survive and even operate in the two-week long night that sees temperatures of down to -280 degrees Fahrenheit".]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/ohb-signs-with-thales-to-deliver-esprit-elements-for-lunar-gateway/ Wed, 26 May 2021 06:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33034&preview=true&preview_id=33034 OHB signed a subcontract with Thales Alenia Space to develop ESPRIT, the European module for the Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway. The subcontract with Thales Alenia Space as the program's prime contractor is worth EUR 58 million, OHB said. OHB will be responsible for the unpressurized structure and the thermal system of the ESPRIT module.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/japan-joins-artemis-mission-with-gateway-contribution/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29657&preview=true&preview_id=29657 Japan joins Artemis mission with Gateway contribution]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/esa-nasa-artemis-moon-mission-gateway/ Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27697&preview=true&preview_id=27697 ESA participates in NASA’s Artemis and lunar Gateway]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/esa-asks-airbus-to-develop-large-logistic-moon-lander/ Fri, 16 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27271&preview=true&preview_id=27271 ESA asks Airbus to develop large logistic Moon lander]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/lunapolitics-us-russia-japan-canada-and-european-space-agency-to-hold-lunar-talks-on-9-june/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23301 The heads of the space agencies from the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, and the European Space Agency (ESA) are scheduled to meet on 9 June 2020 via video conference in order to discuss cooperation on lunar exploration and the International Space Station (ISS).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/lunapolitics-russias-roscosmos-signals-openness-to-us-proposed-artemis-accords/ Thu, 21 May 2020 05:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22712 A senior official from the Russian state space corporation, Roscosmos, has indicated that Russia is open to discussions with the United States regarding Russia’s role in the Artemis lunar programme – in particular the Lunar Gateway mission – within the framework of NASA’s proposed Artemis Accords.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatch-gl-opinion-lunapolitics-or-lunapolitik-the-choice-is-ours/ Sun, 10 May 2020 09:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22321 More than fifty years after the first Apollo Moon landings, we are witnessing the rise of Lunapolitics, where the Moon’s topography - or ‘Lunography’ - from below its surface through to Cislunar space intersects with Earthly political and economic interests.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/luxembourg-joins-the-international-space-exploration-coordination-group/ Mon, 04 May 2020 05:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22116 The International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG), which has recently released its annual report, is an international forum for promoting coordinated efforts toward human and robotic space exploration on and around the Moon and Mars.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatchgl-perspective-on-the-us-space-resources-executive-order-kazuto-suzuki-on-japans-likely-support/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21472&preview=true&preview_id=21472 On 6 April 2020, US President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) on Encouraging International Support for the Recovery and Use of Space Resources. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/canadas-space-industry-to-continue-supporting-canadian-robotics-on-the-international-space-station/ Wed, 01 Apr 2020 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21108 On 26 March 2020, the Government of Canada issued a new contract to MDA for the continuing operations and maintenance of the Mobile Servicing System,]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/european-gateway-experiment-will-monitor-radiation-in-deep-space/ Thu, 19 Mar 2020 06:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20713 The first science experiments that will be hosted on the Gateway, an international outpost which will orbit the Moon, have been selected by ESA and NASA. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/mitsubishi-electric-completes-new-satellite-production-facility/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20686 This content is for members only. 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