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NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings
Facts
- An Alta-X drone equipped with the agency’s Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) guidance, navigation, and control payload completed simulated lunar descent and landing maneuvers on Aug. 27. [1]
- Davis Adams, project manager, confirmed that the SPLICE experiment is communicating with an Alta-X drone near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026. [1]