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Hit! NASA’s small CAPSTONE probe lands on the moon

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The historic journey of a small NASA spacecraft to the moon is over. The 55-pound (25-kilogram) CAPSTONE probe slipped into orbit around the Moon on Sunday evening (November 13), becoming the first cubesat to visit Earth’s closest neighbor. The milestone came after a successful engine burn that ended at 7:39 p.m. EST (0039 GMT Nov. …

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Critical point of the CAPSTONE spacecraft’s deep space route to the Moon

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The CAPSTONE mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than May 2022. Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite bus will deliver CAPSTONE on a trajectory to the Moon. Credit: NASA Illustration/Daniel Rutter Today, November 13, CAPSTONE will reach the Moon and become the first spacecraft to enter a unique elongated orbit that will support Nasa Founded in …

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