ESA Pursues 3-D Lidar Spacecraft Aide

Planning for the European Space Agency’s 2019 Lunar Lander mission incorporates three-dimensional imaging lidar technology to steer the spacecraft’s descent through the hazards of the ridge and boulder-filled landscape at the Moon’s south pole.

Jena-Optronik, of Germany, and NEPTEC, of Canada, are leading parallel development efforts in low-power, ...