NASA launches mini satellite in bid to return to the Moon - eNCA

NASA blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space on Tuesday as part of a landmark mission to return humans to the Moon.

All being well, in four months CAPSTONE will be in a position to begin innovative surfboard-shaped "near rectilinear halo orbits" around the Moon. Weighing about as much as a suitcase, the satellite… [+648 chars]

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