A satellite view of the Amazon wildfire on Aug. 13. (NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.)

Amazon fires in Brazil can be seen from space

August 21, 2019

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil have hit record numbers, and satellites have been able to capture […]

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Photo: NASA

How NASA captured high-resolution Moon imagery in 1960s

July 29, 2019

I was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing on July 16 and our focus on […]

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Madrid stadium drone. (Photo: Elistair)

Seen & Heard: Microsatellites, tethered drones and ladybugs

July 25, 2019

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and […]

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Photo: Allison Barwacz

NASA program aids with disaster relief efforts

July 24, 2019

Satellite imagery and mapping have proven to be critical technologies when it comes to disaster relief efforts. The […]

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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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Map: iStock.com/nadla

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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