NASA delivered the NavCube3-mini payload on July 13 to Intuitive Machines for integration into Altus-1, the company’s first lunar relay satellite, marking an important milestone in the development of future lunar communications and navigation services. The lunar relays are designed to enable communications and navigation for astronauts and rovers operating at the agency’s future Moon Base. About half the size of a shoebox and weighing just 3.5 pounds, NavCube3-mini is a compact but powerful navigation […]
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Communicating and Navigating with Missions, Artemis, Commercial Space, Goddard Space Flight Center, Moon Base, Research and Technology Mission Directorate, Space Communications & Navigation Program
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August 3, 2026
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