NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings
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NASA tested its Safe and Precise Landing - Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) guidance, navigation, and control payload on an Alta-X drone, which completed simulated lunar descent and landing maneuvers on Aug. 27. The technology is designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and other planets.
NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) guidance, navigation, and control payload completed simulated lunar descent and landing maneuvers Aug. 27. The flight took place […]
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