Tuesday, June 28, 2022

CAPSTONE LAUNCHES; JWST MEDIA DAY

 Hey, Space Placers!

An image of CAPSTONE, launching aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

An image of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, launching aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

Credits: Rocket Lab

CAPSTONE successfully launched today. As reported by NASA:

NASA’s CubeSat designed to test a unique lunar orbit is safely in space and on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. The spacecraft is heading toward an orbit intended in the future for Gateway, a lunar space station built by the agency and its commercial and international partners that will support NASA’s Artemis program, including astronaut missions.

The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, mission launched at 5:55 a.m. EDT (09:55 UTC) on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand Tuesday.

Heading to Baltimore for tomorrow's Space Telescope Science Institute Media Day on JWST. The main topic is the upcoming July 12th release of the first color pictures from the telescope.

I'll be reporting vias WTOP News and this blog.

Sky Guy in VA

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