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- NASA’s New Horizons Conducts the First Interstellar Parallax . . .
Interstellar navigators can do the same to establish their position in the galaxy, using a technique that New Horizons has demonstrated for the first time While radio tracking by NASA’s Deep Space Network is far more accurate, its first use is a significant milestone in what may someday become human exploration of the galaxy
- Interstellar Navigation Demonstrated for the First Time With . . .
Interstellar Navigation Demonstrated for the First Time With NASA's 'New Horizons' (newscientist com) 5 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday July 06, 2025 @01:34PM from the celestial-navigations dept
- NASA’s New Horizons Makes History with First Successful Deep . . .
This achievement, the first-ever successful deep space stellar navigation test, marks a significant leap forward in how we could navigate vast interstellar distances
- Stellar Cartography: A Demonstration Of Interstellar . . .
This is the first time optical stellar astrometry has been used to determine the three-dimensional location of a spacecraft with respect to nearby stars, and the first time any method of interstellar navigation has been demonstrated for a spacecraft on an interstellar trajectory
- New Horizons conducts first-ever successful deep space . . .
New Horizons is the fifth robotic spacecraft to leave Earth that will eventually reach interstellar space Its primary mission was to study the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon, Charon
- NASAs New Horizons Proves Deep-Space Navigation via Stellar . . .
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft performed the first deep-space stellar navigation test using parallax imaging of nearby stars, showcasing autonomous navigation potential for future interstellar missions
- A Spacecraft Just Took a Celestial Selfie That Proved a 200 . . .
In an experiment that is part cosmic geometry, part poetic proof-of-concept, an international team of astronomers used New Horizons to successfully demonstrate deep space stellar navigation for the very first time
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