NASA's Sextant Mission To Navigate By Neutron Stars | Video

Monday, April 8, 2013 - 09:00 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is developing a new instrument that uses the natural beacons of pulsar radiation, to let spacecraft find their way in deep space. A test on ISS is planned.

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