NASA CAPSTONE to Launch by Tuesday or Later—Orbital Moon CubeSat for Artemis I

NASA's CAPSTONE venture is coming to the Moon later in the year if it launches by this week for its journey to space and towards the planet's natural satellite. The CAPSTONE is in a CubeSat, a small spacecraft approximately the size of a microwave oven, that will come to the Moon for its survey of the upcoming site of the Artemis I.

NASA CAPSTONE: Launching Soon, Targets June 28

NASA's blog post details a lot about the CAPSTONE mission initially set for June 27, but the company decided to postpone this for a day at the very least due to weather issues and other concerns. The next target date for the CAPSTONE launch would be Tuesday, June 28, bringing the spacecraft to depart from its launch pad in New Zealand.

The space agency said it would take them at least five months if it launched within the June 27 period, and it would reach the lunar orbit by November 13. NASA said on its Twitter account that it would stand down for its upcoming launch on June 27, but it does not mean that the CAPSTONE launch will be canceled or scrapped altogether.

NASA CAPSTONE for the Artemis I

The CAPSTONE will serve as a surveying spacecraft for the Artemis I mission, and it will determine how the Moon's orbit works and give NASA the details it needs for the upcoming mission. It would be the experimental spacecraft that it would send before the SLS rocket, and it aims to give the idea of how to thrive on future missions.

NASA Artemis I Mission

The NASA Artemis I mission completed its wet rehearsal test run that determined the Space Launch System rocket's processes fit for its upcoming missions soon. It is now waiting for a date to carry out its demonstration mission for testing the rocket on its capabilities to journey toward the Moon without astronauts.

There is already a target date for the demonstration mission of the Artemis I, and it might be in August, according to reports. While it does not have any astronauts yet, it would be a massive opportunity for the spacecraft to determine what needs work for its journey toward the lunar surface.

Artemis I will fulfill a mission to return to the Moon, and it would include the first woman to step on the lunar surface for the world.

However, before all of that, there is a surveying spacecraft the size of a CubeSat that will come to the Moon, and it would be with the CAPSTONE mission that will launch this week. Interested parties may watch its launch, and it would not be until November for it to reach the lunar orbit that will start its mission for the world.

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Written by Isaiah Richard