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NASA scientists recently tested a new technology that is expected to work as a 'lighthouse' on the Moon.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is planning to set up a lighthouse on the surface of the moon soon. NASA scientists recently tested a new technology that is expected to work as a ‘lighthouse’ on the Moon.
NASA scientists successfully tested an autonomous navigation system known as the Lunar Node 1 (LN-1) demonstrator on Odysseus. The LN-1 is the lander of intuitive machines that touched down on the south pole of the moon on February 22.
According to NASA, this lighthouse has been chosen to be used by astronauts and robots who want to go to the moon. NASA claimed that it had lit a light on the moon for 30 minutes recently.
It is said that Lunar Node-1 can be used to augment navigation and communication relays. Notably, the scientists tested the LN-1 for two 15-minute transmissions from the surface.
The official data from the transmissions was collected using the Deep Space Network, which is also the giant radio antenna array used for deep-space communication.
The space scientists believe that this lighthouse will make it safer for explorers to visit the Moon and will set up sustainable lunar bases soon.
In fact, the impact crater named Malapert A was used for the landing of Odysseus close to the lunar south pole.
