NASA pauses the Lunar Gateway in favour of surface infrastructure
NASA announced it was halting Gateway in its current form and redirecting funding toward a lunar surface base, with completed Power and Propulsion Element and HALO hardware potentially repurposed. The decision reversed the programme's orbital-outpost architecture and left international partner contributions unresolved.
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- Artemis Program · spaceflight programme · not located
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NASA pauses the Lunar Gateway and pivots to lunar surface infrastructure
NASA announced on 24 March 2026 that it was pausing Gateway in its current form and redirecting funding toward a lunar surface base, with the completed but unlaunched Power and Propulsion Element and HALO modules potentially repurposed.
NASA · 2026-03-24 · Verified
NASA announcement, 24 March 2026
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