Deployable Space Systems produces Roll-Out Solar Arrays for the International Space Station and for the lunar Gateway Power and Propulsion Element. This image shows a 2017 test of a Roll Out Solar Array on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

SAN FRANCISCO – Maxar Technologies awarded a contract to Deployable Space Systems to manufacture flexible solar arrays for the Power and Propulsion Element of the Gateway, a key element of NASA’s Artemis campaign to return humans to the moon.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...