A close-up of a government-reference airlock module for the Gateway Space Station. Mission planning calls for an airlock to be delivered and integrated to Gateway by the crewed Orion spacecraft on the Artemis VI mission after launching on an Space Launch System (SLS) Block 1B rocket.
Mission type
Airlock module
Website
MBRSC
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre
Start of mission
Launch date
2031 (planned)
Rocket
SLS
Launch site
Kennedy Space Center, LC-39B
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Near-rectilinear halo orbit
Lunar Gateway
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The Crew and Science Airlock Module is designed as an airlock module of the Lunar Gateway station, to be built by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.[1]
^Foust, Jeff (7 January 2024). "UAE to build airlock for lunar Gateway". SpaceNews. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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