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AstroVision, Lunar Optical Navigation, Demonstrated at Space Symposium

Space-ng Technology Flew on the Blue Ghost Lunar Mission

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Tom Patton
Apr 11, 2025
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Technology that contributed to the success of the Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 (BGM1) landing at Mare Crisium has been on display at Space Symposium this week. Space-ng optical navigation software provided terrain relative navigation, hazard detection, and attitude determination from lunar orbit to the surface.

"Optical navigation is critical in situ…

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