Boeing: International Space Station

NASA is working with its partners and suppliers to design and develop the Gateway, a moon-orbiting outpost that will serve as a base for human and robotic expeditions on the moon, and for future missions to Mars. The U.S. presidential administrations goal of boots on the moon in 2024 relies on the Gateway.

Boeings Gateway concept builds on the companys experience from designing, building and operating the ISS for more than 20 years. Boeing is working on a habitation module, an airlock module (which doubles as additional living/work space), and a Power Propulsion Element (PPE) derived from the successful 702 line of Boeing satellites.

Launched aboard rockets including NASAs Space Launch System, these Gateway modules and others would connect with one another in lunar orbit using NASAs Orion capsule or a space tug. Following astronauts return to the moons surface via a lunar lander, the Gateway will become a hub for continuing missions to the moon and Mars for NASA, its international partners, and private companies.

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Boeing: International Space Station

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