NASA Conducts Autonomous Lunar Navigation System Test

Instrument Carried on the IM-1 Mission to the Moon

For 30 total minutes in February, NASA lit a beacon on the Moon – successfully testing a sophisticated positioning system that will make it safer for Artemis-era explorers to visit and establish a permanent human presence on the lunar surface.

“We’ve lit a temporary beacon on the lunar shore, Now, we seek to deliver a sustainable local network."
Evan Anz…