A swarm of sensors, rovers and astronauts explore the 'Moon'

Golden packages on the Moon? Not exactly. This is no extraterrestrial gift depot, but a cutting-edge project in the LUNA hall. Here, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has been researching how payload boxes, sensors, rovers and astronauts can connect to form an integrated network. These participants, or nodes within the network, exchange signals that facilitate both communication and navigation.

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