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How to Land Safely Back on the Moon
By Anne-Marie Corley - Wednesday, July 29, 2009
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently tested the LIDAR sensors and algorithms that will translate raw data into a 3-D terrain map of the moon’s surface for future lunar-landing expeditions. This video describes the test and the technology used for autonomous landings and hazard detection.
Video by NASA/JPL-Caltech - Read the Article

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