NASA’s Lunar Capstone Mission Enters Safe Mode

Illustration shows CAPSTONE in orbit
Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter illustration
The NASA-funded Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (Capstone) small-satellite mission has entered safe mode as a planned trajectory correction maneuver was concluding, according to a space agency advisory. Capstone was launched on June 28 from New...
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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