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CAPSTONE
ORBITS:
Moon
SPACECRAFT
Testing a distinctive path around the Moon.
Discover the mission that tested navigation and operations in a near-rectilinear halo orbit, then explore its mission on the SPACE-di interactive map.
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Reference material: NASA · 3D render credits
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CAPSTONE: a mission of discovery…
CAPSTONE is a man-made spacecraft represented in the Solar System, the region of space around the Sun, our star, within the universe. Its catalogue reference body is Moon. Explore its story and purpose, then find the spacecraft on the interactive 3D space map.
CAPSTONE — Tested navigation and operations in a near-rectilinear halo orbit.
Mission and scientific objectives
CAPSTONE is associated with NASA / Advanced Space. Tested navigation and operations in a near-rectilinear halo orbit. The mission type is Lunar orbit demonstrator.
Mission chronology
2022: Entered its demonstration orbit.