NASA uses GPS on the moon for the first time
“On Earth we can use GNSS signals to navigate in everything from smartphones to airplanes,” Kevin Coggins, deputy associate ...
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NASA Moon tech taps into Earth’s GPS from 225,000 miles away in a historic first
For the first time, Earth’s Global Positioning System (GPS) has enabled navigation on the lunar surface. Without reliable ...
NASA Detected GPS Signals From 243,000 Miles Away... on the Moon
As part of the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) experiment, NASA and the Italian Space Agency kickstarted a new era of ...
We Asked a NASA Expert: How Long Does It Take to Get to the Moon… Mars… Jupiter? [Video]
Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...
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Blue Ghost spacecraft makes second-ever commercial landing on the moon
The second-ever commercial landing on the moon comes amid a flurry of lunar exploration activity that will see around a dozen ...
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NASA Successfully Tracks GPS Signals on the Moon in Groundbreaking Navigation Test
The LuGRE initiative demonstrates GNSS signal acquisition on the Moon, marking a pivotal advancement in lunar navigation for ...
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Satnav systems built for Earth used by Blue Ghost lander as it approached the Moon
An experimental module attached to Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Moon lander successfully used Earth's orbiting satnav ...
Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...