NASA's new 'lunar backpack' to help astronauts map the moon - Interesting Engineering

NASA introduced its remote-sensing mapping system called the Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK) which is set to help astronauts explore the South Pole of the Moon.

NASA researchers and their industry partners have joined forces to engineer a remote-sensing mapping system called the Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK) that is set to aid astrona… [+2019 chars]

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