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New Horizons Achieves First Autonomous Interstellar Navigation Test

Originally Published 6 months ago — by Phys.org

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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft successfully demonstrated the first-ever deep space stellar navigation by using stellar parallax to determine its position relative to nearby stars, achieving an accuracy of about 4.1 million miles, marking a significant milestone in interstellar navigation technology.