Little CAPSTONE cubesat ready to launch on big moon mission next month
Early next month, Rocket Lab is slated to launch a pathfinding cubesat mission that supports NASA's Artemis return-to-the moon program.
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Early next month, Rocket Lab is slated to launch a pathfinding cubesat mission that supports NASA's Artemis return-to-the moon program.
Rocket Lab and SpaceX both plan to launch missions on Friday (April 1), and you can watch the space doubleheader live.
An Electron rocket topped with two commercial Earth-observation satellites is scheduled to lift off Wednesday (Dec. 8) at 6:45 p.m. EST (2345 GMT). Watch it live here.
SpaceX has competition in the form of space startup Rocket Lab, as the firm plans an ambitious Venus mission, develops a rocket that can send humans into space and also launch mega-constellation satellites into orbit. This move comes off the back of a $4.1 billion listing on the Nasdaq exchange that has allowed the California firm to move away from small-scale satellite launches. Founder, CEO and CTO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck, told MailOnline the goal is to bring down the cost of getting small satellites into space, and make it cheaper for universities to send experiments to the moon, Mars ...