Lunar Gateway Station

January 10, 2024

The UAE is set to contribute a critical piece of infrastructure — an airlock module — to the Artemis Lunar Gateway.
The UAE is the fifth partner in this project after USA, Japan, Canada and the European Union.
The Artemis Lunar Gateway is designed to be a pivotal outpost for long-term lunar exploration and research, providing a habitat for astronauts and serving as a staging point for missions to the Moon’s surface.
It is humanity’s first lunar-orbiting space station.
The station will double as a space laboratory, enabling a range of scientific and technical experiments, and will have a minimum lifespan of 15 years, which is subject to extension.
The Artemis program, underpinned by the Artemis Accords — a set of principles guiding cooperative lunar exploration — aims to return humans to the Moon, landing the first woman and the first person of colour on its surface.