4.4K views · 345 reactions | Did you know? 樂 Gateway is a part of the overall #Artemis program plan to create a sustainable presence at the Moon. The Gateway will follow a near rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon. This path has many advantages including near-constant communications with the Earth and the lunar South Pole.  | NASA Artemis | Facebook

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Mission planners at NASA and ESA’s European Space Operations Centre have been working out the pros and cons of different orbits for the lunar #Gateway, and have now decided on the path – a ‘near-rectilinear halo orbit’. Instead of orbiting around the #Moon in a low orbit like #Apollo, the Gateway will follow a highly ‘eccentric’ path. See http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations/Angelic_halo_orbit_chosen_for_humankind_s_first_lunar_outpost #Apollo50 #Apollo50th #Moonlanding #ForwardToTheMoon