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

Sep 27, 2019 | CAPSTONE Mission, External News

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 space exploration.”

See the story on Denver7

NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit

NASA Funds CubeSat Pathfinder Mission to Unique Lunar Orbit

Sep 13, 2019 | CAPSTONE Mission, External News

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 Moon in a landing system as part of NASA’s Artemis program.

Read More at NASA.gov

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