UAE To Provide NASA Lunar Gateway Airlock

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, Dubai.

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The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center will provide the airlock for the NASA-led, lunar-orbiting Gateway space base, under an agreement announced on Jan. 7. In exchange, NASA will fly a UAE astronaut to the Gateway on a future Artemis mission, the agency said. “By combining...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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