The CAPSTONE mission has just one engine burn left in Earth orbit — one that will send it on its way to the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

A Rocket Lab Electron lifts off June 28 with NASA's CAPSTONE lunar cubesat. Credit: NASA TV WASHINGTON — An Electron rocket successfully launched a NASA-funded cubesat mission June 28 that will test ...

The microwave-sized CAPSTONE will test a new orbit for NASA's Gateway space station around the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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 ...

CAPSTONE, a lunar cubesat developed by Advanced Space for NASA, will launch in the fourth quarter on an Electron rocket from New Zealand, not Virginia as originally planned. Credit: Advanced ...

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NASA took its first step today in establishing its Gateway orbital lunar outpost with the launch at 5:55 am EDT of its Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation ...

CAPSTONE’s 12-Unit CubeSat nears completion. The spacecraft’s S-Band antenna is shown on the right side of the spacecraft. The 16 square-shaped elements on the surface of the flat plate are ...

NASA confirmed late on Sunday that the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft has arrived at its orbit at the Moon. This mission ...

NASA’s tiny CAPSTONE spacecraft has begun its long, history-making journey to the moon. The 55-pound (25 kilograms) cubesat launched today (June 28) atop a Rocket Lab Electron booster, which lifted ...