NASA is using a simple but effective technology called Laser Retroreflective Arrays (LRAs) to determine the locations of lunar landers more accurately. They will be attached to most of the landers from United States companies as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service (CLPS) initiative. LRAs are inexpensive, small, and lightweight, allowing future lunar orbiters […]
Category:
Artemis, Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), Communicating and Navigating with Missions, Goddard Space Flight Center, Technology
Posted on
February 13, 2024
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
1
1
10
3
2
37
14
1
214
1
2
17
1
29
2
296
42
1
1
1
26
7
3
10
377
16
47
134
1
33
6
18
1
1
3
7
44
1
203
5
6
10
17
1
51
39
10
17
353
1
1
68
2
1
3
1
105
1
2
1
198
93
2
104
4
1
137
10
21
1
1
4
6
110
13
3
10
1
18
163
2
44
1
21
3
55
2
1
33
6
2
2
11
395
6
5
62
33
1
29
13
108
4
26
10
38
1
2
14
25
18
17
4
3
110
3
180
48
4
1
14
13
3
1
1
3
15
2
12
13
12
1
5
35
5
1
360
2
8
373
18
5
1
1
6
6
1
1
11
1
155
2
1
270
10
57
10
33
2
2
10
124
10
1
1
149
10
5
3
41
226
2
1
8
14
1
10
14
1
30
2
20
45
2
1
4
639
Blog Posts
NASA’s SkyFall Helicopters at Work (Artist’s Concept)
August 6, 2026
Antenna Testing for NASA’s SkyFall Mission
August 6, 2026