技术人员安装门户的燃料箱

Technicians guide the equipment that will house Gateway’s xenon and liquid fuel tanks in this photo from July 1, 2024. The tanks are part of Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element, which will make the lunar space station the most powerful solar electric spacecraft ever flown. Once fully assembled and launched to lunar orbit, the Power and Propulsion Element’s roll-out solar arrays will harness the Sun’s energy to energize xenon gas and produce the thrust to get Gateway to the Moon’s orbit where it will await the arrival of its first crew on the Artemis IV mission.

Image credit: Maxar Space Systems

在这张2024年7月1日的照片中，技术人员正在引导放置门户氙气和液体燃料罐的设备。这些燃料箱是门户动力和推进装置的一部分，它将使月球空间站成为有史以来最强大的太阳能发电航天器。一旦完全组装完毕并发射到月球轨道，动力和推进元件的展开式太阳能电池阵列将利用太阳的能量为氙气提供能量，并产生推力，将门户送入月球轨道，在那里等待执行阿尔忒弥斯IV号任务的第一批机组成员的到来。

影像来源: Maxar Space Systems