Autonomous Navigation System to be Demonstrated on the Moon

Lunar Node-1 Experiment Launching on Second CLPS Mission

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…