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NASA’s CAPSTONE moon launch delayed again for final checks

NASA's CAPSTONE moon launch delayed again for final checks
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NASA has canceled plans to launch a small cube satellite to the moon on Monday, June 27, to allow more time to check the Rocket Lab booster for flight.

The US space agency announced today that it is no longer targeting a Monday launch for the new spacecraft. CAPSTONE cube to the moon with an Electron booster built by rocket lab. The mission, led by the company Advanced Space, was scheduled to launch at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT) on Monday from a pad on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.

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