NASA is officially gearing up for a return to the Moon. And this time the space agency is testing out some sweet new technology to send with its next legion of lunar astronauts. Specifically, they’re ...

As Artemis astronauts walk on the moon, these NASA backpacks will chronicle lunar features in context. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

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 ...

NASA KNaCK is a new venture for the company, and it is a wearable technology for astronauts that is essentially a lunar backpack that would bring a navigation system for those venturing the Moon. It ...

NASA and partners are developing backpack-sized technology for future Moon explorers that will allow them to map and navigate the lunar surface in the darkness of the high polar regions to within a ...

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 ...

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 to ...

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 ...

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 Kinematic Navigation and Cartography Knapsack (KNaCK) is a mobile lidar scanner, worn as a backpack that uses light and lasers to measure range. NASA researchers and industry partners developed ...

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. It's called the Kinematic Navigation and ...

Children are naturally curious, as any adult who tries to answer questions of why and how can agree. There’s so much to learn about the world around us, from the dirt under our feet to the skies above ...