{"id":686346,"date":"2021-04-07T08:12:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T12:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=686346"},"modified":"2021-04-07T08:12:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T12:12:36","slug":"lunar-gateway-will-maintain-its-orbit-with-a-6-kw-ion-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=686346","title":{"rendered":"Lunar Gateway will maintain its orbit with a 6 kW ion engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When NASA sends astronauts back to the moon as part of the Artemis Program, they will be taking the long view. Rather than being another &#8220;footprints and flags&#8221; program, the goal is to create a lasting infrastructure that will ensure a &#8220;sustained program of lunar exploration.&#8221; A major element in this plan is the Lunar Gateway, an orbital habitat that astronauts will use to venture to and from the surface.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2021-04-lunar-gateway-orbit-kw-ion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Lunar Gateway will maintain its orbit with a 6 kW ion engine<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Phys.org&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When NASA sends astronauts back to the moon as part of the Artemis Program, they will be taking the long view. Rather than being another &#8220;footprints and flags&#8221; program, the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-phys-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=686346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=686346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=686346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=686346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}