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2022.06.01 | CAPSTONE: An Artemis precursor mission validating the lunar Gateway orbit

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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 1 June 2022: 

Space Show News:

Ed Husic is sworn in as Minister for Industry and Science: Australia’s new “Space Minister” 

Planet Earth - Episode 39: 

  • Moon Bounce: The Hubble Space Telescope detects signs of life on Earth by looking at the Moon during an eclipse
  • Bushfire smoke detection from space with the TERRA, CloudSat and Suomi satellites  
  • GOES-18 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
  • CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation) detects the extent of bushfire smoke 
  • Dr Stephen Giovannoni is discovering life deep underground on Earth (a feature courtesy of EarthSky: A Clear Voice for Science)


    • Rocket Lab has set June 13 as the targeted launch date of NASA’s CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) satellite. We join a NASA media briefing that outlines this exciting precursor mission.

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