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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"Stephanie](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/jsc2024e064820-1.jpg?w=2048\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nStephanie Dudley, Gateway\u2019s mission integration and utilization manager, sits inside a high-fidelity HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) mockup at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center.<\/div>\nNASA\/Josh Valcarcel<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStephanie Dudley sits at the intersection of human spaceflight and science for Gateway<\/a>, humanity\u2019s first lunar space station that will host astronauts and unique scientific investigations.<\/p>\nGateway\u2019s mission integration and utilization manager, Dudley recently posed for this photo in a high-fidelity mockup of the space station\u2019s HALO<\/a> (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), where astronauts will live, conduct science, and prepare for missions to investigate the lunar South Pole region. Dudley works with NASA\u2019s partner space agencies and academia to identify science opportunities on Gateway.<\/p>\nHALO will host various science experiments, including the Heliophysics Environmental and Radiation Measurement Experiment Suite<\/a>, led by NASA, and the Internal Dosimeter Array, led by ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The heliophysics experiment will fly on HALO\u2019s exterior, and the dosimeter will be housed inside Gateway in a series of racks, mockups of which are shown to the right of Dudley in the image above. Both experiments will study solar and cosmic radiation to help the science community better understand how to protect astronauts and hardware during deep space travels to places like Mars.<\/p>\n\u201cWe are building [Gateway] for a 15-year lifespan, but definitely hope that we go longer than that,\u201d Dudley recently said on Houston We Have a Podcast<\/a>. \u201cAnd so that many years of scientific study in a place where humans have never worked and lived long-term, Gateway is going to allow us to do that.\u201d<\/p>\nDudley pulls double duty as a deputy director for the Exploration Operations Office within NASA\u2019s Moon to Mars Program<\/a>, a role that connects her to Artemis science beyond Gateway, including science investigations on the Orion<\/a> and Human Landing System<\/a> spacecraft and lunar terrain vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cMy work\u2026is helping to make sure that across all of the six [Artemis] programs, including Gateway, we\u2019re all focusing on utilization in the same way,\u201d Dudley said.<\/p>\n
Dudley\u2019s team coordinates science payloads for Artemis II, the first mission to send humans to the Moon since 1972, and Artemis III, the first landing in the lunar South Pole region that is of keen interest to the global science community.<\/p>\n
Gateway\u2019s HALO will launch with the space station\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element<\/a> ahead of the Artemis IV mission<\/a> in 2028, the first lunar mission to include an orbiting space station.<\/p>\n\u201cGateway sounds so science fiction, but it\u2019s real,\u201d Dudley recently said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re building it. And in a few years, it\u2019s going to be around the Moon and that\u2019s when the real work, the fun work in my opinion, is going to begin and science will never be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gateway is humanity\u2019s first lunar space station as a central component of the Artemis campaign<\/a> that will return humans to the Moon for scientific discovery and chart a path for the first human missions to Mars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/halo-tas-for-nasa-03-2.jpg?w=2048\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nGateway\u2019s HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), one of four Gateway modules where astronauts will live, conduct science and prepare for lunar surface missions.<\/div>\nThales Alenia Space<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/HERMES%2001\/HERMES%2001~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nAn artist\u2019s rendering of the Heliophysics Environmental and Radiation Measurement Experiment Suite, or HERMES, one of the three Gateway science experiments that will study solar and cosmic radiation.<\/div>\nNASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/figure>Stephanie Dudley sits at the intersection of human spaceflight and science for Gateway<\/a>, humanity\u2019s first lunar space station that will host astronauts and unique scientific investigations.<\/p>\n Gateway\u2019s mission integration and utilization manager, Dudley recently posed for this photo in a high-fidelity mockup of the space station\u2019s HALO<\/a> (Habitation and Logistics Outpost), where astronauts will live, conduct science, and prepare for missions to investigate the lunar South Pole region. Dudley works with NASA\u2019s partner space agencies and academia to identify science opportunities on Gateway.<\/p>\n HALO will host various science experiments, including the Heliophysics Environmental and Radiation Measurement Experiment Suite<\/a>, led by NASA, and the Internal Dosimeter Array, led by ESA (European Space Agency) and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency). The heliophysics experiment will fly on HALO\u2019s exterior, and the dosimeter will be housed inside Gateway in a series of racks, mockups of which are shown to the right of Dudley in the image above. Both experiments will study solar and cosmic radiation to help the science community better understand how to protect astronauts and hardware during deep space travels to places like Mars.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are building [Gateway] for a 15-year lifespan, but definitely hope that we go longer than that,\u201d Dudley recently said on Houston We Have a Podcast<\/a>. \u201cAnd so that many years of scientific study in a place where humans have never worked and lived long-term, Gateway is going to allow us to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Dudley pulls double duty as a deputy director for the Exploration Operations Office within NASA\u2019s Moon to Mars Program<\/a>, a role that connects her to Artemis science beyond Gateway, including science investigations on the Orion<\/a> and Human Landing System<\/a> spacecraft and lunar terrain vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMy work\u2026is helping to make sure that across all of the six [Artemis] programs, including Gateway, we\u2019re all focusing on utilization in the same way,\u201d Dudley said.<\/p>\n Dudley\u2019s team coordinates science payloads for Artemis II, the first mission to send humans to the Moon since 1972, and Artemis III, the first landing in the lunar South Pole region that is of keen interest to the global science community.<\/p>\n Gateway\u2019s HALO will launch with the space station\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element<\/a> ahead of the Artemis IV mission<\/a> in 2028, the first lunar mission to include an orbiting space station.<\/p>\n \u201cGateway sounds so science fiction, but it\u2019s real,\u201d Dudley recently said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re building it. And in a few years, it\u2019s going to be around the Moon and that\u2019s when the real work, the fun work in my opinion, is going to begin and science will never be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n Gateway is humanity\u2019s first lunar space station as a central component of the Artemis campaign<\/a> that will return humans to the Moon for scientific discovery and chart a path for the first human missions to Mars.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/figure><\/a><\/figure>