CAPSTONE Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment spacecraft family
CAPSTONE was NASA’s cislunar technology demonstrator and the first spacecraft successfully inserted into a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon, characterizing the orbit and advanced navigation technologies before its mission ended in June 2026.
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Identity
- Aliases
- CAPSTONECislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation ExperimentCAPSTONE Pathfinder
- Family Name
- CAPSTONE
- Full Name
- CAPSTONE Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment spacecraft family
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeorbitertechnology_demonstratorresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- CAPSTONE was NASA’s cislunar technology demonstrator and the first spacecraft successfully inserted into a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon, characterizing the orbit and advanced navigation technologies before its mission ended in June 2026.
- First Flight Year
- 2,022
- Last Flight Year
- 2,026
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.nasa.gov/mission/capstone/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 08:31:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 20:46:26 UTC