Practicing for Safe Landings on the Moon and Beyond
NASA researchers successfully tested the SPLICE experiment, an advanced guidance and navigation system for lunar landings, using a drone near the Armstrong Flight Research Center.
In this Aug. 27, 2026, image, an Alta-X drone flies an advanced guidance and navigation system known as the Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) experiment near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston developed SPLICE, which successfully completed simulated lunar descent and […]
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