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🌙 NASA drone test advances autonomous landing tech

On August 27, an Alta-X drone carrying NASA's SPLICE navigation system performed simulated moon landings at Rogers Dry Lake near Edwards, California. The payload is designed to help future spacecraft identify safe touchdown spots on the lunar surface and beyond, without human guidance. This matters because autonomous landing capability could reduce mission risk on planets where real-time comm…

Source: Phys.org

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Nov 3 · #ceres

Ceres' water ice may hide huge salt deposits on its surface

Ceres holds between 25 and 30 percent of the total mass of the main asteroid belt, and it is the largest object in that belt. Water ice on the dwarf planet's surface can mask massive salt deposits, according to the source. Ceres carries the same dwarf planet label as Pluto, yet it is often treated as an asteroid because of where it orbits.

What would you most want to learn about a dwarf pl…

Source: Phys.org