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But what should NASA do with hardware already built for the Gateway outpost? NASA spent close to $4.5 billion on developing a human-tended complex in orbit around the Moon since the Gateway program’s official start in 2019.
NASA is shelving Lunar Gateway as the centerpiece of Artemis and shifting toward a phased plan to build infrastructure directly on the Moon.
Northrop Grumman works on HALO, the main central module of the now-sidelined Gateway lunar space station. Credit: Northrop Grumman NASA will shelve its plan for a small lunar space station in favor of building a base directly on the moon.
NASA is honing its focus on future Artemis missions to land astronauts on the moon, removing the Gateway space station from its plans and prioritizing bases on the lunar surface.
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