CAPSTONE is now in the operational phase of its trailblazing mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's tiny CAPSTONE ...

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 ...

NASA's CAPSTONE is a small cubesat with big goals, and now it has gone where no cubesat has gone before, becoming the first small satellite ever to orbit the Moon. After months of a slow, precise ...

Animated image showing CAPSTONE’s highly elliptical NRHO around the Moon. Gif: Advanced Space NASA’s Artemis program took an important step forward this weekend, with CAPSTONE finally reaching its ...

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 ...

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 engineers had a nearly two-week battle with a space probe refusing to respond to commands. "The spacecraft remained overall healthy and on-course throughout the issue, sending telemetry data back ...

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

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 ...

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 ...