CAPSTONE
CAPSTONE enters safe mode during trajectory correction maneuver
A NASA-funded cubesat mission to the moon has gone into safe mode after suffering a problem during a trajectory correction maneuver, the agency said Sept. 10.
Beck: CAPSTONE demonstrates feasibility of low-cost interplanetary smallsats
Rocket Lab’s launch of a NASA lunar cubesat mission lived up to its name, serving as a capstone for the company’s efforts to develop end-to-end space systems and interplanetary missions, according to its chief executive.
CAPSTONE communications restored
Spacecraft controllers have restored communications with a lunar cubesat that went silent shortly after its deployment earlier this week.
CAPSTONE suffers communications problem
A NASA lunar cubesat mission has lost contact with Earth a day after its deployment, putting into jeopardy its plans to demonstrate the orbit that will be used for later Artemis missions.
CAPSTONE heads to the moon
A NASA-funded lunar cubesat is on its way to the moon July 4 after a series of burns by a Rocket Lab transfer stage.
Rocket Lab sees payoff from CAPSTONE launch
The successful launch of a NASA lunar cubesat mission was the culmination of two and a half years of work at Rocket Lab that, the company’s chief executive says, could enable “ridiculously low cost” planetary missions.
Electron launches CAPSTONE lunar cubesat
An Electron rocket successfully launched a NASA-funded cubesat mission June 28 that will test the stability of the orbit around the moon the agency plans to use for future Artemis lunar missions.
CAPSTONE up next for Rocket Lab
A NASA lunar cubesat mission is now scheduled to launch in late May on a Rocket Lab Electron after resolving issues with the rocket’s kick stage.
CAPSTONE cubesat ready for cislunar mission
NASA’s intention to replant bootprints on the moon is getting a kick-start by the launch of a microwave oven-sized smallsat, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, called CAPSTONE for short.
CAPSTONE lunar cubesat mission to launch this spring
A cubesat mission to test a lunar orbit critical to NASA’s Artemis program is in the final stages of preparations for a launch this spring.
CAPSTONE launch delayed to March 2022
The launch of a NASA cubesat mission that will test the orbit to be used by the lunar Gateway has slipped to next March, the result of broader launch delays Rocket Lab has suffered because of the pandemic.
NASA Administrator highlights contributions of Colorado industry and academia
Advanced Space was one of three Colorado organizations NASA Administrator Bill Nelson introduced during a press briefing at the 36th Space Symposium with genuine enthusiasm.
Lunar cubesats head to the launch pad
The first cubesats designed to study the moon are scheduled to launch late this year, with more in development in the next few years.
Rocket Lab shifts CAPSTONE launch to New Zealand
A NASA smallsat mission to test the orbit that will be used by the lunar Gateway will launch from New Zealand and not Virginia as originally planned.
