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 ...

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. Breaking space news, the ...

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 ...

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NASA’s CAPSTONE CubeSat is “happy and healthy” after reestablishing communications with Earth, bringing to an end a nerve-wracking 24-hour period in which the spacecraft was out of touch with ground ...

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 ...

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 continues to make its long, slow way to lunar orbit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest ...

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 ...