Artist’s concept of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission consists of four identically equipped observatories that rely on Navigator GPS to maintain an exacting orbit that is at its highest point nearly half-way to the Moon. (Image: NASA)

NASA wants to use GPS at the Moon for Artemis missions

July 11, 2019

News from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center GPS could be used to pilot in and around lunar orbit […]

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NASA report: Passenger aircraft nearly crashes due GPS disruption

July 8, 2019

A report filed with NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System and published in June outlines how a passenger aircraft […]

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Drawing of the DSAC mercury-ion trap showing the traps and the titanium vacuum tube that confine the ions. The quadrupole trap is where the hyper-fine transition is optically measured and the multipole trap is where the ions are “interrogated” by a microwave signal via a waveguide from the quartz oscillator. (Image: NASA.)

Mercury-ion atomic clock holds promise for greater GPS accuracy

June 10, 2019

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) is readying for an ultra-precise atomic clock that could not only […]

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Seen & Heard: April 2019

April 26, 2019

Check out some GPS developments that have recently taken place around the world. (Click to enlarge; Map: iStock.com/nadla) […]

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Illustration of the four MMS spacecraft in orbit in Earth's magnetic field. (Image: NASA).

Record-breaking satellite advances NASA’s exploration of high-altitude GPS

April 8, 2019

GPS signals extend farther than expected, meaning future space missions can reliably use GPS at extreme altitudes. By […]

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Land ho! Uncharted island ahead

March 29, 2019

A new island near Tonga has officially been surveyed, courtesy of Goddard NASA scientist Dan Slayback. Most new […]

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Registration open for 35th Space Symposium

November 27, 2018

Registration has opened for the 35th Space Symposium, sponsored by the Space Foundation and taking place April 8-11 […]

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NASA program for UAVs in cities turns to NextNav

November 13, 2018

NextNav’s Metropolitan Beacon System (MBS) service has been accepted for use by NASA. NASA will use NextNav’s MBS network […]

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