NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings
According to reporting by NASA Space & Missions, 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.
NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings: Official reporting from the NASA Space & Missions confirms active developments in United States. Americans in affected communities should review primary guidance and follow verified bulletins.
“NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings: Official reporting from the NASA Space & Missions confirms active developments in United States. Americans in affected communities should review primary guidance and follow verified bulletins.”
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According to reporting by NASA Space & Missions, 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.
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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 at Rogers Dry Lake near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
During the tests, the SPLICE payload used an advanced guidance system to map the terrain and assess potential landing areas. If the system determines the targeted landing area is unsafe, the system diverts the drone to a safer location. The system generates high-resolution digital elevation maps from light-detection and sensor data.
Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston developed the SPLICE payload and partnered with specialists at NASA Armstrong to integrate, test, and fly it aboard the Alta-X drone in June and July. Those tests verified communications, data handling, telemetry, and command- control performance between the SPLICE payload and the drone to prepare for a full-scale test at Voyager Technologies in Mojave, California, later this month.
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Information in this article was compiled directly from records provided by NASA Space & Missions. Access the primary source document at: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-navigation-experiment-shows-promise-for-planetary-landings/. Reporting and editorial review conducted by the USA NOW News Desk.
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