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Advanced Space Completes Critical Design Review Milestone for CAPSTONE 02

August 25, 2026

Advanced Space announced the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 mission. As prime contractor for CAPSTONE 02, Advanced Space is leading the development of the mission, which will help advance key cislunar capabilities to support NASA’s Artemis program, Moon Base, and future deep space missions.

Joint Statement from Advanced Space and Space Dynamics Laboratory

August 24, 2026

Advanced Space and Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) are proud to continue their partnership on CAPSTONE 02, building on the success of the original CAPSTONETM mission around the Moon. As the prime contractor, owner and operator, Advanced Space…

Advanced Space Selected for an Unfunded NASA Space Act Agreement (SAA) to Develop Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy in Cislunar Space

August 11, 2026

Advanced Space will partner with NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) to enhance the Starling algorithms and incorporate them on space flight demonstrations for missions at the Moon currently in formulation for flight testing in 2027 or later.

Advanced Space Selected for Unfunded NASA Space Act Agreement (SAA) to Develop Cislunar Spacecraft Autonomy with autoNGC

August 11, 2026

The agreement will advance the state of the art in spacecraft autonomy by building on the agency’s Autonomous Navigation Guidance and Control (autoNGC) software to enable it to operate spacecraft in cislunar space.

Advanced Space is Heading Back to the Moon for NASA with New Mission: CAPSTONE 02

July 24, 2026

Advanced Space is pleased to announce CAPSTONE 02, a new two-spacecraft mission being developed in partnership with NASA along with Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin Company, as the bus provider.

Advanced Space Deepens Partnership with NASA on Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Mission

July 1, 2026

Advanced Space Joins Team Supporting NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope slated to launch on August 30, 2026. WESTMINSTER, CO, 1 July 2026 – Advanced Space, a leading space technology solutions company supporting the sustainable exploration, development, and settlement of…

Advanced Space Appoints Dr. Nathan Ré as its new Chief AI Officer

June 30, 2026

In this new role, Ré will lead the company’s strategy and execution for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across products, services, and internal operations.

Bradley Cheetham named EY US Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Mountain West Award winner

June 22, 2026

WESTMINSTER, CO, 22 June 2026 – Advanced Space is pleased to share that Bradley Cheetham was named an Ernst & Young US Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2026 Mountain West Award winner. Bradley was selected among nearly 1,000 program participants that…

Deep Dive: Timing at the Moon

June 2, 2026

Timing is Infrastructure: How an Atomic Clock on CAPSTONE Is Setting the Baseline for Future Lunar Operations Advanced Space has been operating an atomic clock on CAPSTONE™ in cislunar space for nearly four years — turning what was once theory…

CAPSTONE captures images of Carroll Crater

May 7, 2026

This Mother’s Day week, Carroll Crater reminds us that legacies can reach all the way to the Moon. 🌙 During the historic Artemis II mission, our astronauts named a bright lunar crater “Carroll” in honor of Commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife,…