门户: 连接深空

A maze of cables and sensors snakes through a major piece of Gateway, humanity’s first space station around the Moon, during a key testing phase earlier this year to ensure the lunar-orbiting science lab can withstand the harsh conditions of deep space.

HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) is one of four Gateway modules where international teams of astronauts will live, conduct science, and prepare for missions to the lunar South Pole region. Other elements will be provided by the European Space Agency, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre of the United Arab Emirates. The Canadian Space Agency is providing Gateway’s Canadarm3 advanced robotics system.

HALO is provided by Northrop Grumman and their subcontractor, Thales Alenia Space. The module completed testing in Turin, Italy, before its expected arrival to the United States in 2025. Northrop Grumman will complete final outfitting of HALO and integrate it with Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element for launch ahead of the Artemis IV mission on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

Image credit: Thales Alenia Space

今年早些时候，在关键测试阶段，一片电缆和传感器交织的迷宫贯穿了人类首个月球轨道空间站门户（Gateway）的一大核心组件，以确保这座月球轨道科学实验室能够承受深空的严苛环境。

HALO（居住与后勤前哨）是门户的四个模块之一，国际宇航员团队将在这里生活、开展科学研究，并为前往月球南极地区的任务做准备。其他模块将由欧洲航天局、日本宇宙航空研究开发机构和阿联酋的穆罕默德·本·拉希德航天中心提供。而加拿大航天局将提供门户的Canadarm3高级机器人系统。

HALO模块由诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司及其分包商泰雷兹阿莱尼亚宇航公司（Thales Alenia Space）提供。该模块已在意大利都灵完成测试，并计划于2025年运抵美国。诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司将在美国完成HALO的最终装配，并将其与门户的动力与推进元件集成，准备在阿尔忒弥斯4号任务之前搭乘SpaceX的猎鹰重型火箭发射。

影像来源: Thales Alenia Space