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Space programs and missions · A guided course
An orbital outpost design and a changing lunar strategy
Study Gateway’s former lunar-orbit architecture, its international engineering interfaces and the 2026 shift toward other uses of its hardware.
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NASA concept illustration of Gateway’s former architecture. This is a design rendering, not a photograph of an assembled station in flight; the program was paused in its existing form in 2026. Display image resized and compressed.
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A crew spacecraft from launch escape to ocean recovery
Building and sustaining a shared orbital laboratory
Gateway
An orbital outpost design and a changing lunar strategy
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
From a Gateway design to new lunar possibilities
One suggested order from the foundations to Gateway. Shared starting points appear once; skip anything you already know.
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