NASA satellite scouts orbit for possible lunar space station

NASA launched a small satellite today as part of its so-called CAPSTONE mission to explore an important new lunar orbital path that could eventually lead to a mission to launch a lunar space station to orbit the moon. The World’s Carol Hills interviews Elwood Agasid, a deputy program manager for the mission, about the satellite’s reconnaissance.

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