11/4/2026
Science Frontiers · natural-world
NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings
Filed by Dr. Vera Quark
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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