Small spacecraft will play a big role in lunar exploration, including a Moon-bound CubeSat launching later this year. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation ...

NASA's CAPSTONE mini-spacecraft recently marked its 100th trip around the moon in near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO). The agency has just granted CAPSTONE a mission extension after operating in its ...

CAPSTONE is still going strong after more than six months in lunar orbit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's tiny ...

NASA's experimental CAPSTONE cubesat mission has been circling the moon for more than 450 days, testing a unique orbit that will be used for NASA's future moon-orbiting space station. According to the ...

Advanced Space operates NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment known as CAPSTONE. Credit: Illustration by NASA/Daniel Rutter WASHINGTON — A year ...

CAPSTONE mini-spacecraft is checking out a Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NHRO), the future location of the Gateway. Image credit: Advanced Space NASA’s Moon mission mouthful, the Cislunar Autonomous ...

NASA’s Artemis program took an important step forward this weekend, with CAPSTONE finally reaching its destination—a near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the Moon. The 55-pound cubesat will now ...

“Going to the moon is no joke.” So said Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck, just days before the planned launch of CAPSTONE, a watershed mission for both NASA and the private space industry. The mission is ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA's CAPSTONE mini-spacecraft recently marked its 100th trip around the moon in ...

'In five years, CAPSTONE has gone from a bright idea by a small business to a mission that continues well past its expected end date.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...