NASAs CAPSTONE: Flying a New Path to the Moon @NASAAmes
NASAs CAPSTONE: Flying a New Path to the Moon  @NASAAmes
Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, is a CubeSat that will fly a unique orbit around the Moon intended for NASA’s future Artemis lunar outpost Gateway. Its six-month mission will help launch a new era of space exploration.

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NASA's CAPSTONE: Flying a New Path to the Moon

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