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NASA’s high-tech lunar backpack aims to map surface of moon

NASA is testing a high-tech backpack containing technology that could be used by astronauts to create highly detailed maps of the lunar surface. Michael Zanetti, a NASA planetary scientist at NASA’s ...
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NASA’s ‘Lunar Backpack’ Could Prevent Astronauts From Getting Lost on the Moon

The Moon is not the kind of place where you want to get lost, but it can get a little tricky trying to retrace your dusty footsteps without a GPS system in place. Thankfully, space engineers may have ...
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NASA-Developed Lunar Backpack Can Create Real-Time 3D Maps at Centimeter-Level Precision

GPS might be common down here on Earth where humanity has come to take it for granted. But on the Moon, astronauts have no such blessed technology to rely on, so they need something else to help them ...
The Daily Beast

Here’s the NASA Backpack That Will Keep Astronauts Alive on the Moon

While you might take a water bottle and a few granola bars on your next hiking trip, astronauts walking on the moon need to be a bit more prepared. That’s why NASA has developed a new high-tech ...
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NASA Made a Sweet Space Backpack to Keep Astronauts From Getting Lost

NASA is making space backpacks called KNaCK that will help astronauts map the terrain and real time and not get lost on the Moon. NASA is officially gearing up for a return to the Moon. And this time ...
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Here’s the NASA Backpack That Will Keep Astronauts Alive on the Moon

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA/Michael Zanetti While you might take a water bottle and a few granola bars on your next hiking trip, astronauts walking on ...