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NASA tested a lunar spacecraft that could change how future moon missions communicate

NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft has completed an extended mission that tested autonomous navigation and deep-space communication ...
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First US private spacecraft to reach lunar orbit completes mission. Here's why it matters for Artemis

Communications experiments carried out by CAPSTONE could be invaluable for future Artemis missions.
SpaceRef

CAPSTONE to Test Technologies After Recovery from Communications Issue

NASA’s CAPSTONE – short for Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – is in good health following a communications issue that began in late January, and ...
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NASA launches CAPSTONE to test lunar orbit, tools for 'cosmic GPS'

The CAPSTONE CubeSat will test the near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) for the eventual Gateway lunar orbit outpost and innovative navigation technology. NASA has launched its groundbreaking new ...
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Capstone Clinic's public COVID-19 testing sites in Alaska will close by end of June

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 16—Capstone Clinic, one of Alaska's largest private COVID-19 testing providers, said this week that it plans to shutter all ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s CAPSTONE is testing “Autopilot” software suite for cislunar operations

GOLDEN, Colorado – Sent moonward over two years ago, NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment — shortened to CAPSTONE — is busy as ever, presently ...
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NASA’s CAPSTONE Captures Its First Images of the Moon - Navigation Tech Test a Success!

NASA's CAPSTONE spacecraft has achieved a major milestone in space exploration, successfully capturing its first images of the Moon and testing a groundbreaking navigation technology. The images, ...