CAPSTONE Mission

CAPSTONE™ Partner Highlight: Terran Orbital and Stellar Exploration

June 1, 2022

Advanced Space is grateful to our CAPSTONE mission partners, including Terran Orbital and Stellar Exploration. Terran Orbital designed and built the CAPSTONE spacecraft. The Terran Orbital team produced CAPSTONE’s hardware, assembled and tested the spacecraft, and integrated the satellite for…

CAPSTONE™ is a Culmination of Collaborative Community

May 27, 2022

As we count down to launch, we wanted to extend a thank you to everyone who has made this possible. While we take great pride in our team here at Advanced Space, we know it takes an industry built from…

NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy along with U.S. Representatives Perlmutter and McNerney of the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology visit Advanced Space

May 9, 2022

The CAPSTONE™ mission launching this month will test a unique orbit planned for human missions to the Moon. Westminster, CO. (May 5, 2022) – Advanced Space LLC, the high-tech commercial aerospace company hosted NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, U.S. Representatives…

Main Engine Cutoff podcast hosts episode with Advanced Space about CAPSTONE™

April 25, 2022

Brad Cheetham, our co-founder, CEO, and President of Advanced Space joins Anthony Colangelo of Main Engine Cutoff to talk about our upcoming CAPSTONE mission. They talk about how the mission came to be, what it’s been like working with NASA and the…

Advanced Space, U.S. Air Force Sign Cooperative Agreement to Collaborate on Cislunar Activities

February 11, 2022

Westminster, CO (January 2022) Advanced Space LLC., a leading space solutions company, has entered into a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate, and the Spacecraft Technology Division to share data collected from cislunar…

“Cislunar Space” – Air Force Magazine

November 15, 2021

The gap between Earth orbit and the moon is open, uncharted, and undefended. Not much human activity has touched the moon or its surroundings in the half-century since American Apollo astronauts traversed the lunar landscape, but new concerns about China’s…

NASA Administrator highlights contributions of Colorado industry and academia

August 24, 2021

Advanced Space shares small business success with NASA partnership In addition to testing a unique orbit for NASA’s lunar Gateway, Colorado small business Advanced Space is preparing to demonstrate a new approach for cislunar navigation. As part of the Cislunar…

Advanced Space Passes Preparatory Test for Pathfinder Mission to the Moon

August 2, 2021

Key milestone paves the way for team to lead mission. Westminster, CO (August 2, 2021) Advanced Space LLC., a leading commercial space solutions company, is overseeing the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE, a NASA-supported mission…

Colorado company awarded NASA contract to test new technologies for moon mission

September 27, 2019

Our recent award from NASA caught the attention of our local news, who said “it’s one small step to help bring man back to the moon, but a giant leap forward for the Colorado company and the state’s role in…

NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit

September 13, 2019

NASA has awarded a $13.7 million contract to Advanced Space of Boulder, Colorado, to develop and operate a CubeSat mission to the same lunar orbit targeted for Gateway – an orbiting outpost astronauts will visit before descending to the surface of the…