NASA May Just Have Found a Much Better Way to Navigate the Moon

A few months ago we brought you a story about something called the Goddard Image Analysis and Navigation Tool. GIANT, for short, is a tech that was already tested on the OSIRIS-REx mission and may forever change the way optical navigation in space is done. But how about navigation of the surface of alien worlds? GIANT uses images snapped by cameras, lidar, and other sensors to find the best way forward for traveling spacecraft, a much-nee... (continue reading...)