{"id":22955,"date":"2021-01-01T21:19:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T13:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-testing-new-super-resolution-flash-lidar-landing-technology\/"},"modified":"2021-01-01T21:19:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T13:19:02","slug":"nasa-testing-new-super-resolution-flash-lidar-landing-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-testing-new-super-resolution-flash-lidar-landing-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA testing new \u2018super resolution\u2019 flash lidar landing technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=985\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"9557\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/12\/31\/nasa-testing-new-super-resolution-flash-lidar-landing-technology\/nasa-flash-lidar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"985,739\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"NASA flash lidar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=985\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center are working with Blue Origin in testing a new, more accurate version of flash lidar. The testing is part of NASA\u2019s suite of lunar lander technologies that will be used as part of the Artemis program.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-9553\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flash lidar is a technology that has been around for a while, and it was even tested as part of the Autonomous Landing Hazard Avoidance Technology (ALHAT). Unfortunately, at that time, researchers concluded that the flash lidar technology available wasn\u2019t accurate enough to be dependable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flash lidar works by creating an elevation map using a diffused laser that is spread out to a 10- to 15-degree angle. This allows the laser to bounce off surfaces and return to the sensor, quickly creating a 3D map the size of a football field.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" alt=\"Site default logo image\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What sets NASA\u2019s flash lidar apart from past versions is the \u201csuper-resolution algorithm.\u201d This takes advantage of the spacecraft\u2019s movements and fills in the gaps with measurements to acquire more detail, ultimately making it reliable enough to locate a safe landing zone.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-9553',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NASA has been developing doppler lidar alongside the new flash lidar in hopes that the two technologies could work together to land astronauts safely on the moon and other planets. \u201cThe two systems are very complementary. Navigation Doppler lidar gives the velocity and position data and the flash lidar is really a 3D video camera that looks at the terrain as the lander comes in,\u201d said Farzin Amzajerdian, one of the researchers working on the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Via <em>NASA<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enjoy-reading-space-explored\">Enjoy reading Space Explored?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at NASA\u2019s Langley Research Center are working with Blue Origin in testing a new, more accurate version of flash lidar. The testing is part of NASA\u2019s suite of lunar lander technologies that will be used as part of the Artemis program. Flash lidar is a technology that has been around for a while, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22955\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}