CAPSTONE is the first cubesat ever to reach Earth's nearest neighbor.
on June 28, kicking off a circuitous, highly fuel-efficient 4.5-month-long trek that followed gravitational contours.on July 4, just after it separated from Rocket Lab's Photon spacecraft bus. They quickly identified and fixed the problem, an improperly formatted command, getting CAPSTONE back on track the next day.
CAPSTONE ran into more trouble two months later. The probe suffered a glitch during a trajectory-correcting engine burn on Sept. 8; it began to tumble andThe mission team traced this problem to a wonky valve in CAPSTONE's propulsion system, troubleshot it, and got the probeOther cubesats will soon follow in CAPSTONE's footsteps, if all goes according to plan. NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission is scheduled to launch on Nov.
Though CAPSTONE is a lunar trailblazer, it isn't the first cubesat to go beyond Earth orbit. That distinction goes to NASA's
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