The small CAPSTONE moon cubesat's next launch opportunity is Tuesday, June 28, NASA says. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA ...

The microwave-sized CAPSTONE will test a new orbit for NASA's Gateway space station around the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The CAPSTONE lunar satellite is scheduled to liftoff from New Zealand at 6 a.m. ET of Monday June 27. Reading time 3 minutes A tiny satellite is poised to set the stage for something far grander: a ...

A microwave oven-size spacecraft took off on a four-month voyage to the moon Tuesday, the first step in a relatively low-cost pathfinder mission for NASA's planned Gateway lunar space station, a key ...

A toaster-sized probe will soon scope out a special orbit around the moon, the path planned for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station. The Gateway, to be rolled out later this decade, will be a staging ...

NASA wants to put a space station in orbit around the Moon. That sounds like a grand plan, but NASA has a strategy in place. One key part of that plan is the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System ...

The small spacecraft will be the first to head to the moon in a year when other planned missions have yet to get off the launchpad. By Kenneth Chang A small NASA-financed spacecraft launched from New ...

June 27 (UPI) --NASA's return to the moon starting with the launch of an unmanned capsule from the U.S.-New Zealand company Rocket Lab to the moon for the CAPSTONE mission scheduled for Monday has ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, is preparing to launch a satellite to the Moon for ...

An Electron rocket lifted off from Rocket Lab’s launch pad in New Zealand on Tuesday, hitting a top speed of 16,629 miles per hour as it left Earth’s atmosphere. Carrying NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous ...

Westminster, CO. (June 23, 2022) – Advanced Space LLC, the commercial aerospace company that owns and operates the CAPSTONE mission bound for the Moon in support of NASA TV will show the launch live ...

CAPSTONE, a lunar cubesat developed by Advanced Space for NASA, will launch in the fourth quarter on an Electron rocket from New Zealand, not Virginia as originally planned. Credit: Advanced ...