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NASA’s CAPSTONE looking ‘happy and healthy’ after communications issue

Aria Alamalhodaei 268 Views, , , , 2 min read
Rocket Lab’s CAPSTONE mission to the moon is key to establishing a lunar space station
Rocket Lab’s CAPSTONE mission to the moon is key to establishing a lunar space station

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 communications. Advanced Space, the Colorado-based company that built, owns and is operating CAPSTONE, Terran Orbital, which built the CubeSat platform, and NASA each independently confirmed […]

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