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Gateway will serve as a laboratory in a way Earth-orbiting stations cannot. Because it is outside Earth's protective magnetic field, it offers a rare chance to study . Instruments like HERMES and ERSA will monitor solar wind and space weather to help protect future travelers headed for Mars. What’s Next?

is providing the station's crew and science airlock. The Science of Deep Space The Gateway

The Gateway isn't just a destination—it's the front door to the rest of the solar system. Gateway will serve as a laboratory in a

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, including the resource-rich South Pole.

and JAXA (Japan) are building the I-Hab and Lunar View modules for living space and refueling.