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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/jsc2025e087964\/jsc2025e087964~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1279&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nThe primary structure of Gateway\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) undergoing assembly, integration, and testing at Lanteris Space Systems in Palo Alto, California, on September 29, 2025. <\/div>\nLanteris Space Systems<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nDevelopment continues on NASA\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft designed to provide power for Gateway<\/a> in lunar orbit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nAble to generate 60 kilowatts of power, the element was successfully powered on earlier last year. The milestone demonstrates the element can provide the spacecraft with power, high-rate communications, attitude control, as well as the ability to maintain and maneuver between orbits.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Power and Propulsion Element is managed by NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and built by industry partner Lanteris Space Systems in Palo Alto, California, where teams have secured the element\u2019s main electrical system inside protective exterior panels. On deck for installation at Lanteris Space Systems are three 12-kilowatt advanced electric propulsion system thrusters, manufactured by L3Harris, and four 6-kilowatt Busek-built BHT-6000 thrusters. The roll-out solar arrays for Gateway<\/a> are complete and moving through testing at Redwire\u2019s facility in Goleta, California.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nFor more information about NASA\u2019s lunar exploration missions, visit: <\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/figure>Development continues on NASA\u2019s Power and Propulsion Element, a solar electric propulsion spacecraft designed to provide power for Gateway<\/a> in lunar orbit.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Able to generate 60 kilowatts of power, the element was successfully powered on earlier last year. The milestone demonstrates the element can provide the spacecraft with power, high-rate communications, attitude control, as well as the ability to maintain and maneuver between orbits.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Power and Propulsion Element is managed by NASA\u2019s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland and built by industry partner Lanteris Space Systems in Palo Alto, California, where teams have secured the element\u2019s main electrical system inside protective exterior panels. On deck for installation at Lanteris Space Systems are three 12-kilowatt advanced electric propulsion system thrusters, manufactured by L3Harris, and four 6-kilowatt Busek-built BHT-6000 thrusters. The roll-out solar arrays for Gateway<\/a> are complete and moving through testing at Redwire\u2019s facility in Goleta, California.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n For more information about NASA\u2019s lunar exploration missions, visit: <\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis<\/a><\/p>\nShare<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n