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, including the resource-rich South Pole.

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This isn't just a U.S. project. Agencies from around the world are contributing critical modules: , including the resource-rich South Pole

Gateway will serve as a laboratory in a way Earth-orbiting stations cannot. Because it is outside Earth's protective magnetic field, it offers a rare chance to study . Instruments like HERMES and ERSA will monitor solar wind and space weather to help protect future travelers headed for Mars. What’s Next? The Gateway

is developing Canadarm3 , a smart robotic arm to maintain the station even when humans aren't there.

and JAXA (Japan) are building the I-Hab and Lunar View modules for living space and refueling.