Replace – NASA's CAPSTONE spacecraft is on its option to the moon
As a part of its Artemis programme to return people to the moon, NASA’s CAPSTONE’s spacecraft to map the orbit of the deliberate Lunar Gateway house station has taken off from New Zealand
An artist’s impression of the CAPSTONE spacecraft in orbit across the moon Illustration by NASA/Daniel Rutter
NASA’s return to the moon has begun with the launch of its CAPSTONE spacecraft, which can take a look at the orbit of a future lunar house station. It is step one within the Artemis programme, which goals to place a person and the primary lady on the moon by 2025.
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Know-how Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) blasted off at 10.55 BST on 22 June from the Māhia peninsula in New Zealand. It took …
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