The backpack can even mark features for astronauts to return to later, much like geocachers do for fun using GPS satellites on Earth. Related: NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission explained in photos Get ...

NASA has developed a backpack-sized sensor to help moon astronauts map their surroundings. The sensor would build a 3D map in real-time to help them navigate uncharted or dark terrain. NASA plans ...

NASA is planning to return humans to the Moon no earlier than 2025 as part of the Artemis program. But this time, the astronauts will be landing near the Moon’s south pole.

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 ...

Sprayground, a New York-based accessories label, has launched an extraterrestrial backpack in collaboration with NASA.The "STEP INTO THE FUTURE" backpack features a lunar design embossed with an ...

NASA researchers are hopeful that the backpack will reveal some new facts about the moon. “As human beings, we tend to orient ourselves based on landmarks—a specific building, a grove of trees.

Nasa is testing out a new high-tech backpack made for astronauts on the Moon. The backpack has technology that creates a 3D map of the surface as they walk.

NASA's next generation lunar backpack could give astronauts the ability to create a 3D map of the surface of the moon, as they walk across the regolith.. The Kinematic Navigation and Cartography ...

While the backpack technology was designed for lunar exploration, specifically for the Artemis program, which aims to send us back to the Moon, it can also be used on other extraplanetary excursions.

NASA/Michael Zanetti. The backpack, called Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK), features radar technology. This technology creates a 3D map of the area in real-time.

NASA researchers and their industry partners have developed a 'lunar backpack' that will be used by future astronauts on the Moon. The remote-sensing mapping system will aid explorers in the most ...