NASA’s Gateway Could Be Used For Mars Exploration, Advocate Says

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Mark Carreau
December 08, 2025

Gateway

Credit: NASA

HOUSTON—A lunar-orbiting, human-tended Gateway space station could provide an asset for establishing an efficient Mars exploration strategy, a longtime proponent says. But Gateway has bee proposed for cancellation under the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) congressional NASA…

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America’s space program through news reporting.

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