Animation showing the Orion spacecraft, powered by the European Service Module-4, with I-Hab for the Gateway.

The mega Moon rocket SLS will propel four astronauts inside Orion to the Moon on Artemis IV as well as deliver the I-Hab module to the lunar Gateway.

The international habitat or, I-Hab for short, is one of ESA’s many contributions to the lunar Gateway – an outpost that will orbit the Moon as part of the Artemis programme.

The I-Hab is a pressurised module that will provide living quarters for astronauts visiting the Gateway, including multiple docking ports for berthing vehicles as well as other modules.

Orion and the European Service Module will tug I-Hab into position around the Moon and dock with the Gateway, pushing I-Hab into position. I-Hab will feature four docking ports, two radial ports for a cargo and a lunar lander vehicle and two axial ports for connection to other lunar gateway elements.

More on the Artemis IV mission here: www.esa.int/ArtemisIV, and more on I-Hab here: www.esa.int/I-Hab