NASA’s CAPSTONE CubeSat is “happy and healthy” after reestablishing communications with Earth, bringing to an end a nerve-wracking 24-hour period in which the spacecraft was out of touch with ground ...

NASA engineers had a nearly two-week battle with a space probe refusing to respond to commands. "The spacecraft remained overall healthy and on-course throughout the issue, sending telemetry data back ...

The Capstone team is now working to find out why communication was lost in the first place. It appears to have been a combination of a command error and a software ...

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 ...

NASA's experimental CAPSTONE cubesat mission has been circling the moon for more than 450 days, testing a unique orbit that will be used for NASA's future moon-orbiting space station. According to the ...

In a development that's thrown a spanner in the works of its US$37.2-million Artemis moon mission, NASA has lost radio contact with its Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and ...

An issue has occurred with NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite, currently on its way to orbit around the moon. The satellite is now in safe mode while NASA teams work to figure out the issue and find a solution ...

NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite is on its way to orbit around the moon, following a software issue that caused it to lose contact with Earth this week. Launched on June 28, NASA announced it was having ...

CAPSTONE is the first cubesat ever to reach Earth's nearest neighbor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

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