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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Armstrong Flight Research Center, Aeronautics, Flight Innovation, Flight Opportunities Program, Johnson Space Center, Research and Technology Mission Directorate
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November 4, 2026
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