NASA will air live launch coverage of the agency’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE), the first spacecraft to fly a specific unique ...

The mission will settle in for a long journey following a crucial and successful spacecraft burn Monday. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The microwave-sized satellite is on a pathfinder mission to evaluate a unique orbit for an eventual space station at the Moon. Reading time 2 minutes An important milestone has been reached in the ...

After repeated delays, the microwave oven-sized CubeSat known as CAPSTONE may finally start its long journey to the moon. With this launch, NASA aims to begin the first chapter of its ambitious ...

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 ...