WASHINGTON  — Communications between a spacecraft heading to the moon and NASA were reestablished after the space agency lost contact with it earlier this week.

The satellite, which launched from New Zealand last week, is heading to test out a lopsided lunar orbit.

On Monday, it left Earth's orbit, but by Tuesday, NASA had lost contact with the spacecraft.

"Following successful deployment and [the] start of spacecraft commissioning on July 4, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft experienced communications issues while in contact with the Deep Space Network," NASA said. "The spacecraft team currently is working to understand the cause and re-establish contact. The team has good trajectory data for the spacecraft based on the first full and second partial ground station pass with the Deep Space Network."

On Wednesday, the space agency said contact was restored with Capstone.

NASA did not immediately release information about what caused the loss of communications, nor how they did re-establish them.

The mission of the trip is for the spacecraft to test an oval orbit around the moon because, eventually, the space agency wants to put a mini space station called Gateway.

Gateway would be a place for astronauts to stage before they descend to the moon's surface.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFTX) — Learning is done a little differently for some students at Gateway Charter High School, in Fort Myers, Florida.

For the school’s garden club, it’s about digging in and learning to grow something of their own.

“It’s not often that I’m just able to go outside and get dirty and be able to see and build something that I know is going to blossom into something later,” said senior, Ashley Cieza.

The project this year is building lifted garden beds from wood pallets delivered to the school.

Teachers, like Catherine Dejongkelbosis, say all of the vegetables that are grown will be served as healthy food options at their school.

Dejongkelbosis said it's an experience students don't get inside the classroom.

“I give them a goal, 'Okay, you are going to plant these seeds. Here is the instructions, learn, figure it out. If you make mistakes, it’s okay.' It’s almost an experiment on its own,” she said.

An experiment that’s teaching students to not only be self-sufficient but also more creative when it comes to addressing their mental health.

“One of the teachers who are very special in our school passed away and I was really upset about it and I needed something to de-stress because I was having a really bad day and I was crying a lot so Mrs. Dejongkelbosis offered for me to come outside and help her,” said Cieza.

Since 2017, the Garden Club has been helping their vegetables and their students continue to grow.

The club just got started on this year's garden, but already hopes are high.

“There is going to be so many veggies that were are going to be able to produce that we are going to be able to give away to students be ale to give await to staff,” said Dejongkelbosis

Students say they can already feel the impact it’s having on campus.

“Since me and my family do this at home, and I thought it was really nice you know, a way to liven up the backyard of my school,” said Cieza.

This story was originally reported by Colton Chavez on fox4now.com.