Update – NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft is on its way to the moon
As aspect of its Artemis programme to return humans to the moon, NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft to map the orbit of the prepared Lunar Gateway house station has taken off from New Zealand
Space
28 June 2022
, up to date 28 June 2022
NASA’s return to the moon has started with the launch of its CAPSTONE spacecraft, which will check the orbit of a upcoming lunar place station. It is the initially stage in the Artemis programme, which aims to set a gentleman and the to start with woman on the moon by 2025.
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning Technique Engineering Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) blasted off at 10.55 BST on 22 June from the Māhia peninsula in New Zealand. It took …
As aspect of its Artemis programme to return humans to the moon, NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft to map the orbit of the prepared Lunar Gateway house station has taken off from New Zealand
Space
28 June 2022
, up to date 28 June 2022
NASA’s return to the moon has started with the launch of its CAPSTONE spacecraft, which will check the orbit of a upcoming lunar place station. It is the initially stage in the Artemis programme, which aims to set a gentleman and the to start with woman on the moon by 2025.
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning Technique Engineering Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) blasted off at 10.55 BST on 22 June from the Māhia peninsula in New Zealand. It took …