THE ARTEMIS IV CREW WILL BE THE FIRST TO USE NASA’S MOON-ORBITING GATEWAY
The crew will include one European astronaut
Reported by Sharmila Kuthunur
The first mission to make use of NASA’s Gateway space station will be Artemis IV, now T scheduled to launch in 2028. NASA and its international partners see Gateway as a key platform to support the agency’s Artemis Moon program and to build the technology required for future deep-space missions. Although the first elements of the small space station are expected to launch before the Artemis III mission lifts off in 2025 or 2026, NASA previously said that those astronauts will not use Gateway to “make that mission have a higher probability of success.”