{"id":52343,"date":"2021-02-09T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T00:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-468213"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:05:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:05:03","slug":"nasa-awards-contract-to-launch-initial-elements-for-lunar-outpost","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-awards-contract-to-launch-initial-elements-for-lunar-outpost\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"An illustration of the Gateway\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost in orbit around the Moon.\" 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\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.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\">An illustration of the Gateway\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost in orbit around the Moon. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the foundational elements of the Gateway. As the first long-term orbiting outpost around the Moon, the Gateway is critical to supporting sustainable astronauts missions under the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis\">Artemis<\/a> program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After integration on Earth, the PPE and HALO are targeted to launch together no earlier than May 2024 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The total cost to NASA is approximately $331.8 million, including the launch service and other mission-related costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PPE is a 60-kilowatt class solar electric propulsion spacecraft that also will provide power, high-speed communications, attitude control, and the capability to move the Gateway to different lunar orbits, providing more access to the Moon\u2019s surface than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HALO is the pressurized living quarters where astronauts who visit the Gateway, often on their way to the Moon, will work. It will provide command and control and serve as the docking hub for the outpost. HALO will support science investigations, distribute power, provide communications for visiting vehicles and lunar surface expeditions, and supplement the life support systems aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/exploration\/systems\/orion\/index.html\">Orion<\/a>, NASA\u2019s spacecraft that will deliver Artemis astronauts to the Gateway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About one-sixth the size of the International Space Station, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gateway\/\">Gateway<\/a> will function as a way station, located tens of thousands of miles at its farthest distance from the lunar surface, in a near-rectilinear halo orbit. It will serve as a rendezvous point for Artemis astronauts traveling to lunar orbit aboard Orion prior to transit to low-lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon. From this vantage, NASA and its international and commercial partners will conduct unprecedented deep space science and technology investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Launch Services Program at Kennedy will manage the SpaceX launch service. The HALO is being designed and built by Northrop Grumman Space Systems of Dulles, Virginia, and the PPE is being built by Maxar Technologies of Westminster, Colorado. NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston manages the Gateway program for the agency. NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is responsible for management of the PPE.<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NASA\u2019s Gateway program at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/nasa.gov\/gateway\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about NASA\u2019s Artemis program at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Monica Witt<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-1100<br \/>\nMonica.j.witt@nasa.gov<br \/>\nPatti Bielling<br \/>\nKennedy Space Center, Fla.<br \/>\n321-501-7575<br \/>\npatricia.a.bielling@nasa.gov<br \/>\nIsidro Reyna\/Rachel Kraft<br \/>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br \/>\n281-483-5111<br \/>\nIsidro.R.Reyna@nasa.gov \/ Rachel.H.Kraft@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), the foundational elements of the Gateway. As the first long-term orbiting outpost around the Moon, the Gateway is critical to supporting sustainable astronauts missions under the agency\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53456,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"21-015","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"RELEASE","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2801,8370,2856,2656,2735,2861,2862,2867],"news-tags":[12373],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-awards-contract-to-launch-initial-elements-for-lunar-outpost\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-awards-contract-to-launch-initial-elements-for-lunar-outpost\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Centers & Facilities","NASA Headquarters","Commercial Space","Expedition 64","Glenn Research Center","Humans in Space","International Space Station (ISS)","Johnson Space Center","Kennedy Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2021-02-10T00:49:00Z","datePublished":"2021-02-10T00:49:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T20:05:03Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"NASA Awards Contract to Launch Initial Elements for Lunar Outpost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-awards-contract-to-launch-initial-elements-for-lunar-outpost\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2021-02-10T00:49:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA Centers & Facilities,NASA Headquarters,Commercial Space,Expedition 64,Glenn Research Center,Humans in Space,International Space Station (ISS),Johnson Space Center,Kennedy Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"featured_image":{"id":53456,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0.png","title":"gateway_ppehalo_angles_003_0","alt":"An illustration of the Gateway\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost in orbit around the Moon.","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/52343"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/52343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366551,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/52343\/revisions\/366551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52343"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=52343"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=52343"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=52343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}