NASA’s Capstone Satellite Launched into Space! [Video]

A very important development took place within the scope of a program called Artemis, which will take humanity back to the Moon. NASA has made a launch for the spacecraft called Capstone, which is part of Artemis. As part of the launch in New Zealand, a microwave oven-sized satellite was sent into space. The satellite in the “CubeSat” category will send the data it will collect to NASA and provide the necessary preliminary information for humanity to land on the Moon again.

NASA’s CubeSat satellite will be taken into space by New Zealand-based Rocket Lab. The satellite, which was on a journey into space at the time this article was written, is of critical importance for humanity’s return to the Moon.

NASA’s cube satellite is carried by a rocket named Electron

*An image shared from the live broadcast.

The cube satellite called Capstone is taken into space by a rocket called Electron. According to Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck, Electron will carry the heaviest load for them to date. Although the cube satellites are lightweight, Rocket Lab, which has also developed a special spacecraft called Lunar Photon for this mission, will perform special maneuvers to keep Capstone in orbit towards the Moon. So NASA’s space mission is also very important for Rocket Lab.

By the way; Note that the launch in New Zealand is delayed. The cube satellite, which will study the Moon for months and share information with NASA, was actually to be launched yesterday. However, yesterday, a statement was made on the subject and it was announced that Rocket Lab was given one more day. The favorable weather conditions gave NASA time. Rocket Lab, on the other hand, made its final preparations in a healthy way in this process…

Here are the launch dates of the cube satellite NASA sent towards the Moon (you can scroll the video player back to the moment when the countdown approaches zero to watch the launch):