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NASA’s CAPSTONE CubeSat to arrive at lunar orbit

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] NASA’s CAPSTONE mission will reach the Moon on November 13, becoming the first spacecraft to enter into a special elongate orbit that could support future space missions. The microwave oven-sized satellite weighs just around 25 kilograms and will also become the first CubeSat to fly and operate on the Moon. A trajectory correction manoeuvre […]

NASA stops CAPSTONE spacecraft from spinning out of control

October 10, 2022October 10, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] After a trajectory correction manoeuvre on September 8, NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft suffered an issue that caused it to spin so fast that the onboard reaction wheel could not control or counter it. CAPSTONE team members successfully completed an operation to stop it from spinning on October 7. Data from CAPSTONE suggests that the most […]

Space news weekly recap: NASA CAPSTONE, Martian ‘Enchanted Lake’ and more

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

[ad_1] On June 28, NASA successfully launched the CAPSTONE project, which is the first step forward towards paving the way for the Artemis missions that will put astronauts back on the moon after a gap of 50 years. But that is just one development that happened last week. Here, we have put together some of […]