Will the first Lunar Gateway modules launch in 2024?
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Currently NET November 2024, on a Falcon Heavy. I don't expect problems with the Falcon, but any issues with the payload readiness would push this date to NET 2025.

Northrop Grumman is building the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module, and Maxar is building the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE). Northrop will assemble them and prepare them for launch on a single Falcon Heavy. Batteries for HALO come from Japan (JAXA), robotic arm interfaces from Canada, Halo Lunar Communication System (HLCS) from ESA, all going into that single HALO. Northrop has experience building Cygnus but that's a cargo vehicle. Plenty of places for delays to creep in.