Nasa has been planning to set up a lighthouse on the lunar surface which will guide the astronauts and robots who will soon be exploring the Moon.
Nasa scientists have tested a technology which is expected to work as a ‘lighthouse’ on the Moon and provide them with real-time data of astronauts and robotic explorers.
According to the space agency, the scientists successfully tested an autonomous navigation system called Lunar Node 1 (LN-1) demonstrator on Odysseus – which is the lander of Intuitive Machines that touched down on the south pole of the Moon on February 22.
According to Nasa, the system – which was tested onboard Odysseus can link orbiters, landers, and astronauts on the Moon and helps in digitally verifying the position of every explorer in relation to other ground stations, networked spacecraft and rovers on the move.
