Teams Working To Resolve Capstone Communications Issue

Artist's concept of Capstone.
Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter
CAPE CANAVERAL—The newly deployed Capstone lunar spacecraft has been unable to communicate with ground control teams, NASA said July 5. Teams at Advanced Space of Westminster, Colorado, which owns the Capstone spacecraft, and manufacturer and satellite operator Terran Orbital of Boca Raton, Florida...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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