NASA’s CAPSTONE mission completed testing new technologies around the Moon.
Rocket Lab launched and operated NASA's CAPSTONE mission to the Moon.
The Photon spacecraft gained flight heritage in 2022 with NASA’s CAPSTONE mission to the Moon.
There were eight burns required for the CAPSTONE mission.
The CAPSTONE mission involved a spacecraft sent to the Moon.
Bradley Williams contributed to the design and integration phases of the CAPSTONE mission.
The CAPSTONE mission cost is roughly $30 million, including a $10,000,000 launch vehicle procurement from Rocket Lab.
Rocket Lab’s Electron delivered the CAPSTONE mission payload to the Moon and supported two back-to-back Electron launches for NASA’s TROPICS mission in May 2023.
Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon on Electron and the spacecraft was deployed by a Rocket Lab Explorer spacecraft bus.
Rocket Lab deployed the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon using Electron and a Rocket Lab Explorer spacecraft bus.
NASA’s CAPSTONE mission launched on an Electron rocket in June 2022.
Rocket Lab launched the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon using its Electron launch vehicle and Lunar Photon satellite bus.
Rocket Lab previously launched NASA’s CAPSTONE mission using its Electron launch vehicle and Lunar Photon satellite bus.
Rocket Lab provided launch services for the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon using its Electron launch vehicle and Lunar Photon satellite bus.
Terran Orbital developed and co-operated the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission.
Starling joins other NASA missions launched by Rocket Lab since 2018, including the ELaNa-19 educational CubeSat program, the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon, and two dedicated Electron launches for the NASA TROPICS mission.
Starling joins a list of NASA missions launched by Rocket Lab since 2018 that includes the ELaNa-19 educational CubeSat program, the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon, and two dedicated Electron launches for the NASA TROPICS mission.
Starling joins other NASA missions launched by Rocket Lab since 2018, including the ELaNa-19 educational CubeSat program, the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon, and two dedicated Electron launches for the NASA TROPICS mission.
Rocket Lab set a previous launch turnaround record at Launch Complex 1 in 2022 when it launched NASA’s CAPSTONE mission followed by a dedicated mission for the National Reconnaissance Office 15 days later.
The CAPSTONE mission includes a technology demonstration called the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS) developed by Advanced Space to allow spacecraft near the Moon to determine their position without relying exclusively on Earth-based tracking.