UAE to provide airlock module for lunar Gateway
Posted: Sun, Jan 14, 2024, 10:43 AM ET (1543 GMT)
The United Arab Emirates will provide an airlock module for the lunar Gateway. NASA and the UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announced Sunday that the UAE will develop the Crew and Science Airlock for the Gateway, allowing crews to perform spacewalks and to install and retrieve external payloads. That airlock is expected to be ready around 2030. In exchange for providing the airlock, the UAE wil get a seat on a future Artemis mission. The agreement is the latest milestone for the UAE's growing space program that has included a successful Mars orbiter mission and flying an astronaut on a long-duration space station flight.
The United Arab Emirates will provide an airlock module for the lunar Gateway. NASA and the UAE's Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre announced Sunday that the UAE will develop the Crew and Science Airlock for the Gateway, allowing crews to perform spacewalks and to install and retrieve external payloads. That airlock is expected to be ready around 2030. In exchange for providing the airlock, the UAE wil get a seat on a future Artemis mission. The agreement is the latest milestone for the UAE's growing space program that has included a successful Mars orbiter mission and flying an astronaut on a long-duration space station flight.
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