Advanced Space – Spaceflight Now

January 19, 2022

Breaking News

[ January 19, 2022 ] SpaceX launches 2,000th Starlink satellite Falcon 9
[ January 17, 2022 ] First Chinese space mission of 2022 rockets into orbit Mission Reports
[ January 17, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 49 Starlink satellites Falcon 9
[ January 15, 2022 ] Cape Canaveral’s busy January to continue with another Starlink launch Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2022 ] Virgin Orbit celebrates third successful launch in a row Mission Reports

NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch lunar CubeSat mission

February 15, 2020

NASA announced Friday that Rocket Lab will launch a 55-pound CubeSat from Wallops Island, Virginia, toward the moon in early 2021 on a demonstration mission to test lunar navigation techniques and scout a unique elliptical orbit for the planned Gateway mini-space station.

NASA to fly CubeSat pathfinder for Gateway in unique lunar orbit

September 26, 2019

As soon as next year, NASA plans to launch a CubeSat the size of a microwave oven into a unique elliptical orbit around the moon as a scout for the future lunar Gateway, a mini-space station NASA intends to use as a staging point for crewed lunar landings beginning as soon as 2024.