"NASA Illuminates Moon with 30-Minute Beacon"
NASA successfully tested a lunar positioning system called Lunar Node 1 (LN-1) for 30 minutes, which aims to improve navigation for rovers and humans on the Moon. The beacon, part of Intuitive Machine's Odysseus mission, transmitted signals that were successfully received by NASA’s Deep Space Network. This technology is expected to be part of a larger LunaNet and could be crucial for future Mars exploration.