Nasa on Tuesday launched a microwave oven-sized CubeSat to the Moon, which has set in motion its Artemis program that aims to return humans to the lunar surface. Dubbed Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) was launched on top of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket…
Weeks after rolling out the Space Launch System on the pad, Nasa is set to resume the critical test for the world’s most powerful rocket to test its feasibility for a mission to the Moon. Engineers and the Artemis team will resume the Wet Dress Rehearsals for the system with a modified test, primarily focused on…
Even as Nasa assembles its mega-rocket that will return humans to the Moon, this time with aspirations for a longer presence and to push forward to Mars, a new report states that the crewed mission is not likely to happen till 2026. The American space agency had last week extended its target date for crew launch to…