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NASA Halts Gateway, HALO Cancelled, Prioritizes Moon Base

4/25/2026

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the Lunar Gateway program is paused and that the agency will prioritize lunar surface missions.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam questioned Isaacman about the cancelled HALO module during a House Science Committee hearing.
Northrop Grumman, builder of the HALO module, urged NASA to repurpose the hardware for a future Moon base.
The Gateway project missed its original 2022 launch target and subsequent 2024 and 2026 milestones.

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced that the Lunar Gateway program is paused and that the agency will prioritize lunar surface missions.
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam questioned Isaacman about the cancelled HALO module during a House Science Committee hearing.
Northrop Grumman, builder of the HALO module, urged NASA to repurpose the hardware for a future Moon base.
The Gateway project missed its original 2022 launch target and subsequent 2024 and 2026 milestones.