CAPSTONE en Route to the Moon After Successful Launch
NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission is in space on the first leg of its journey to the Moon. CAPSTONE launched at 5:55 EDT...
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CAPSTONE Leaves Earth Orbit, Headed to the Moon
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) has left low-Earth orbit and started its solo journey to the Moon. Following its launch on June 28,...
View ArticleCAPSTONE Update on Communications Issue
Following successful deployment and start of spacecraft commissioning on July 4, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft...
View ArticleNASA’s CAPSTONE Executes New Maneuver, Further Pinpoints Path to Moon
NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) successfully completed its second trajectory correction maneuver starting at about 11:30 a.m....
View ArticleNASA’s CAPSTONE Executes Third Maneuver on Track to the Moon
NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) successfully completed its third trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) on Monday. CAPSTONE is...
View ArticleCAPSTONE Arrives to Orbit at the Moon
The CAPSTONE mission operations team confirmed that NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft arrived at its orbit at the Moon Sunday evening. The CubeSat completed an initial orbit insertion maneuver, firing its...
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NASA’s ShadowCam Images Permanently Shadowed Regions from Lunar Orbit
With the success of NASA’s Artemis I launch, the previously unexplored shadowy regions near the lunar South Pole where Artemis astronauts will land in 2025, are more within our reach than ever before....
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Artemis II Orion Crew Module Acoustic Testing Complete
Artemis II crew members, shown inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, check out their Orion crew module on Aug. 8, 2023. From left are:...
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All Engines Added to NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage
Engineers and technicians from NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Boeing at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have installed all four RS-25 engines to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch...
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Artemis II Orion Crew and Service Modules Joined Together
Intergration of the crew and service modules for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft was recently completed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA On Oct. 19, the Orion crew and...
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