NASA SPLICE To Enable Successful Landings On The Moon, Mars And SSSBs

Safe and Precise Landing Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) Advances Through JSC Design And Testing Of Descent & Landing Computer, Responsible For Calculating Relative Position Within 100 Meters; Langley Research Center Designing Navigation Doppler Lidar, Used To Determine Altitude & Descent Speed, Will Fly On 2 Commercial Landers 2021 (Likely Intuitive Machines And Astrobotic); GSFC Designing Hazard Detection Lidar, Capable Of 3-D Imaging From 500 Meters; Terrain Relative Navigation Is To Analyze Surface Features, Matching Live Feed To Known Topography, Under Development By JPL With Draper Providing Algorithmic Software

Pictured: Langley Researcher Aram Gragossian Credits: NASA