# VPR-Space: A Benchmark for Visual Place Recognition in Space Analog Domains

- Source: arXiv cs.RO
- Published: 2026-10-27T04:00:00.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/xswxoe1fjokchhgtes164e0pv
- Original: https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.35642

## Summary

The paper proposes the VPR-Space benchmark to evaluate visual place recognition (VPR) capabilities in extraterrestrial surface scenarios such as the Moon and Mars. The authors built 16 database-query datasets based on existing data from Space Analog Domains (SAD), covering challenges including environment, viewpoint change, and illumination conditions.