Dozens of moon missions are planned within the next decade. But right now, there is no satellite navigation system between the Earth and the moon. NASA and ESA are developing ways to help rockets ...

NASA and the Italian Space Agency's Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment succeeded in its first attempt to acquire Earth-based navigation signals from the moon on March 3, 2025. NASA and the Italian Space ...

News from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center GPS could be used to pilot in and around lunar orbit during future Artemis missions. A team at NASA is developing a special receiver that would be able to ...

NASA and partners are developing backpack-sized technology for future Moon explorers that will allow them to map and navigate the lunar surface in the darkness of the high polar regions to within a ...

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NASA has achieved another milestone after it successfully received GPS signals on the Moon. Its Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE), with the assistance of the Italian Space Agency, has become the ...

For the first time, NASA has detected a signal from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) nearly 250,000 miles from Earth. The signal was part of the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) ...

NASA has issued a statement to let the GPS community know what to expect when the total solar eclipse takes place across America on Aug. 21. On Aug. 21, the eclipse will cross all of North America.

“You have arrived at your destination.” This phrase, delivered with robotic cadence, is familiar to anyone who uses satellite navigation systems to guide them on sightseeing strolls, cross-country ...

If you’re driving your car from Portland to Merced, you probably rely on GPS to see where you are. But what if you’re driving your Moon rover from Oceanus Procellarum to the Sea of Tranquility?

NASA scientists are warning that the Sun’s internal engine is behaving in ways they have not seen in years, pointing to an ...

NASA announced today that it has begun testing a GPS system designed to locate the precise position of serious earthquakes within the western US. NASA announced today that it has begun testing a GPS ...