{"id":283965,"date":"2022-12-15T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-484644"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T16:56:10","slug":"a-powerhouse-in-deep-space-gateways-power-and-propulsion-element","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/gateway\/a-powerhouse-in-deep-space-gateways-power-and-propulsion-element\/","title":{"rendered":"A Powerhouse in Deep Space: Gateway\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">A Powerhouse in Deep Space: Gateway\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ppehalo-sep-imagery-hd-6-update.png?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Gateway Full Configuration<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gateway\/overview\">Gateway<\/a> will be humanity\u2019s first space station in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/lunar-near-rectilinear-halo-orbit-gateway\/\">lunar orbit<\/a> and serve as an essential element of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/specials\/artemis\/\">Artemis<\/a> missions. As astronauts live and work on Gateway to enable sustained exploration and research in deep space, their efforts will be made possible by the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). A foundational component of the lunar outpost and the most powerful solar electric spacecraft ever flown, PPE will provide Gateway with power and allow it to maintain its unique orbit around the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A view of the two elements of Gateway - power and propulsion element (PPE) and the habitation and logistics outpost (HALO).\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/iss.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A view of the two elements of Gateway – power and propulsion element (PPE) and the habitation and logistics outpost (HALO).<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland leads the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-awards-artemis-contract-for-lunar-gateway-power-propulsion\">partnership with Maxar Technologies<\/a> to design and build PPE, developing next-generation technology and capabilities to enable Artemis missions and prepare for human missions to Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How does PPE work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>PPE will generate 60kW of electrical power, which will power Gateway\u2019s subsystems and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/glenn\/2020\/the-propulsion-we-re-supplying-it-s-electrifying\">solar electric propulsion (SEP) system<\/a> to keep the station in orbit around the Moon. PPE leverages technology advancements from past successful electric propulsion missions \u2013 such as the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/planetarydefense\/dart\/dart-news\">DART mission<\/a> \u2013 to help NASA push the boundaries of what\u2019s possible in deep space.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PPE\u2019s SEP system provides greater fuel economy, enabling lower-cost missions that can carry more cargo. This is because the spacecraft\u2019s propellent mass can be reduced up to 90% by being augmented with energy from the Sun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once deployed, PPE\u2019s two large, yoga-mat-like roll-out solar arrays \u2013 which are approximately the size of a football field\u2019s endzone \u2013 will generate power to ionize and accelerate Xenon gas, using a tenth of the propellant required by conventional chemical propulsion systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As the powerhouse of Gateway, the PPE will provide capabilities for high-rate communications between the station, the lunar surface, and Earth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>PPE is just one element of Gateway, but it is foundational. To form the initial Gateway space station, PPE will be integrated with Gateway\u2019s Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module, where astronauts will live, work, and prepare for lunar surface missions. PPE and HALO will be joined together at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, and will spend about a year transiting through deep space before entering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/a-lunar-orbit-that-s-just-right-for-the-international-gateway\/\">unique near-rectilinear halo orbit<\/a> around the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gateway\u2019s capabilities to support longer-duration missions around the Moon will be expanded with the addition of elements and modules provided by the Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, all of which will draw power from PPE. As Gateway enables access to the Moon and provides opportunities to develop new capabilities, PPE will energize Artemis missions and help pave the way for human exploration of Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NASA\u2019s Gateway program at: <a href=\"https:\/\/nasa.gov\/gateway\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nasa.gov\/gateway<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/newsletters\/aerospace-frontiers\/nasa-glenn-visits-duluth-for-air-and-aviation-expo-steam-festival\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/grc-2024-cn-00014.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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