Gateway: Wired for Deep Space

As we look through a circular piece of Gateway, a space station that will be in lunar orbit, there are blue wires snaking through. The wires are covered in clear plastic in some places and held onto the walls by green tape in others.

A maze of cables and sensors snakes through a major piece of Gateway, humanity’s first space station around the Moon, during a key testing phase earlier this year to ensure the lunar-orbiting science lab can withstand the harsh conditions of deep space. HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) is one of four Gateway modules where international … Continue reading Gateway: Wired for Deep Space

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