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Autonomous Navigation System to be Demonstrated on the Moon

Lunar Node-1 Experiment Launching on Second CLPS Mission

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Tom Patton
Feb 13, 2024
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When the second CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) delivery is launched to the Moon in mid-February, its NASA payloads will include an experiment that could change how human explorers, rovers, and spacecraft independently track their precise location on the Moon and in cis-lunar space.

“What we seek to deliver is a lunar network of lighthouses, off…

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