No mods, no claw. Another thing is that when I view the satellite from the space station and look at its information, it says it has 17 parts. (the correct amount) Of course when I go to the ship I can't see any of the parts except for the scanner. It doesn't show me any staging, fuel or electricity.
edit: I tried the mission again with the same ship. Once I got to the moon again navigation stopped working (couldn't set flight paths.) I quick saved and loaded the quick save and the same exact thing happened again. It seems this ship and/or mission was doomed from the start.