NASA announced the postponement of the launch of the CAPSTONE satellite into space.
A statement issued by the agency stated, “It was decided to postpone the launch date of CAPSTONE from June 25 to 27 this year.. Postponing the launch process will give the development team more time to prepare the rocket that will transport the moon into space.”
And NASA indicated earlier that “the CAPSTONE satellite, which weighs approximately 25 kg, will be launched from a space airport belonging to the Rocket Lab company in New Zealand, and its main mission will focus on helping to calculate and determine the orbit of the Gateway lunar station, which will be launched within the framework of the Artemis International Space Program. It is supposed to reach its specified space orbit 3 months after its launch, and it will work in space for at least half a year.”
In 2019, NASA announced a draft of the Artemis program to explore the moon, and indicated that the program will be implemented in 3 stages, the Artemis 1 stage, during which an unmanned Orion vehicle will be sent to orbit the moon and then return to Earth, and the Artemis 2 stage, during which it will be Sending a manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, and the Artemis 3 phase through which NASA hopes to send astronauts to the moon and then to Mars.
Source: TASS
