CAPSTONE, NASA’s new pathfinder CubeSat, is on its way to the Moon!
NASA Launches Microwave-Sized Satellite to Test Unique Orbit Around the Moon! CAPSTONE, or the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment launched Tuesday, June 28th at 5:5am EDT on Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand.