NASA’s CAPSTONE mission will begin its lunar orbit.

<html-blob><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><span><u></u><u></u>NASA wants to place a space station called Gateway in orbit around the moon. It would serve as a staging point for visits by astronauts to the lunar surface. To be used most effectively, Gateway would need to orbit the moon in a novel, elliptical trajectory. NASA’s CAPSTONE mission, a microwave-oven-size satellite, will be used to study what it’s like for a spacecraft to operate in this orbit. Since being launched by Rocket Lab in late June, the spacecraft has been on a slow, fuel-efficient journey to the moon. Read more about the mission here:&nbsp;</span><u></u><u></u><a href="https://nyti.ms/3NoLD41">https://nyti.ms/3NoLD41</a><u></u><u></u></html-blob>