Astronauts are using the metaverse to train for living on a lunar space station called Gateway.

Gateway is described as a science lab, spaceship, and home for international astronauts.

Virtual reality technology helps astronauts prepare for missions in deep space.

Gateway is part of the Artemis program aiming to establish a human base on the Moon and eventually reach Mars.

Gateway will serve as a staging point for lunar missions and further space exploration.

Astronauts on Gateway will be the first crew to live and work in deep space, much farther from Earth than those on the International Space Station.