NASA’s Lunar Capstone Begins Extended Mission

Mark Carreau May 19, 2023

Capstone

Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter
The NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (Capstone) has completed its six-month primary mission in orbit around the Moon with a successful autonomous navigation demonstration. The May 9 demo involved a two-way signal transmission to NASA...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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