# NASA Navigation Experiment Shows Promise for Planetary Landings

- Source: NASA
- Published: 2026-11-04T16:52:43+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasa-navigation-experiment-shows-promise-for-planetary-landings/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/nasa-navigation-experiment-shows-promise-for-planetary-landings-d07af6/

NASA successfully demonstrated technology designed to help spacecraft autonomously navigate to safe landing sites on the Moon and on other planets. 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 Aug. 27. The flight took place […]

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