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NASA extends tiny CAPSTONE probe's moon mission to December 2025

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CAPSTONE is a microwave oven-sized cubesat that weighs a modest 55 pounds ( 25 kilograms ) The new mission extension allows further demonstration of Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS) experiments, as well as showcasing first -of-its-kind artificial intelligence/machine learning software to detect anomalies and navigation data.

The mission extension also allows further collaboration with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team at NASA 's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland .

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