NASA's CAPSTONE becomes first ever CubeSat to reach Moon
Shortpedia
Content Team
Image Credit: NASA
NASA's CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) spacecraft has successfully entered the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO). It will be the first-ever CubeSat to operate on the Moon. NRHO is the same orbit that will be used by Gateway, the Moon-orbiting space station. It will support the space agency's upcoming Artemis missions which will land astronauts on the Moon.
