Brent Perkes

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Brent Perkes is a leading aerospace engineer whose work is central to NASA’s Artemis program and the future of deep-space exploration. His primary research areas focus on human spaceflight architecture, lunar surface mobility, and the development of the Gateway—a planned orbital outpost that will serve as a staging point for missions to the Moon and Mars. Perkes’s most influential contribution is his 2019 paper, "Concept of Operations for the Gateway," which has garnered 16 citations and provides the foundational framework for how astronauts will live, work, and conduct science aboard this critical space station. He further advanced lunar exploration with his 2021 study on "Lunar Surface Mobility," which examines both robotic and crewed systems for traversing the Moon’s challenging terrain, directly supporting the goal of landing the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface by 2024. Perkes’s work is vital for enabling sustainable human expansion across the solar system, and his concepts are already shaping the technologies that will bring new knowledge and opportunities back to Earth.