A simulated moonwalk allowed engineers to test a wearable for future Artemis astronauts.
U.S. firm Draper is developing a navigation technology to help future lunar explorers overcome these obstacles. Its wearable kinematics system will help astronauts pinpoint their location on the lunar surface without GPS.in the 1960s, and NASA recently tested the technology in the Arizona desert. Draper space systems engineer Brett Streetman discussed the challenges of exploring the lunar South Pole and the simulated moonwalk in an interview with IE.
Essentially, as Streetman explained, the WKS works by pinpointing where an astronaut starts traversing lunar terrain — at the lunar lander — and then it keeps track of their movements from that point on. The Draper team is currently working on future integrations that might include a reader on the astronauts' heads-up displays inside their helmets.
As for the results of the test itself, the Draper engineer said he couldn't go into too much detail, but "Draper feel very good about it, and we're very pleased with how well our systems were able to perform under these lighting conditions."
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