near rectilinear halo orbit
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NASA’s CAPSTONE Finally Phoned Home After Nerve-Wracking Silence
After going MIA for nearly 24 hours, NASA’s CAPSTONE probe finally reestablished contact with ground controllers.
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NASA Launches CAPSTONE Mission to Begin Its Return to the Moon
A small microwave oven-sized spacecraft is on its way to the Moon, setting the stage for a sustained human presence on the lunar surface. NASA launched its CAPSTONE satellite on Tuesday, in a unique mission to test out a highly elliptical orbit around the Moon as part of the agency’s Artemis program.
