Cameras to Document Lunar Lander Interaction with Terrain

SCALPSS System will Create a 3-D View of the Lunar Surface

As Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander descends toward the Moon, expected to be later this month, four tiny NASA cameras will be trained on the lunar surface, collecting imagery of how the surface changes from interactions with the spacecraft’s engine plume.

“If we’re placing things – landers, habitats, etc. – near each other, we could be sand blasting wh…