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'Now boarding' … 240,000 miles from Earth, at the moon's first airport

The moon's getting its first airport, and it's about to get busy.

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NASA’s planned Gateway, slated to become the moon’s first airport, is expected to evolve into a busy hub over the next two decades. The facility will accommodate Orion crew capsules, lunar landers, cargo vehicles and astronauts moving between Earth, the lunar surface and, eventually, deeper space destinations. This development positions the Gateway as a central node for future human spaceflight operations.

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