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August 25th, 2021
Credit: NASA
NASA intentions to “reboot” human exploration of the Moon gets a kick-start by the launch of a toaster oven–sized CubeSat, slated to be boosted from New Zealand by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket and its Lunar Photon upper stage/spacecraft.
Targeted for liftoff this October is the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, thankfully called CAPSTONE for short.
Tipping the scales at a modest 55-pounds CAPSTONE is no lightweight when it comes to its assignments.
For more information, go to my new Space.com story at:
https://www.space.com/capstone-cubesat-moon-mission-october-2021-launch-prep
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