NASA’s HPSC chip transforms how spacecraft navigate, land, and explore

NASA’s HPSC chip transforms how spacecraft navigate, land, and explore

NASA’s new spaceflight chip tackles a stubborn problem, spacecraft still rely on outdated processors, yet future missions need faster onboard decisions. Early tests suggest a major leap in speed and resilience. As a result, hopes are raised for smarter probes, landers, and crewed systems. A spacecraft can cross millions of miles, survive radiation, and land on another world. Yet its onboard computer often lags far behind the devices people carry…