Spacecraft near the Moon cannot simply open a map app and ask where they are. For decades, missions have relied on ground stations to measure their position, calculate a trajectory and send instructions back across space. NASA is now testing a different idea: use the navigation signals already beamed around Earth, even when a spacecraft […] The post NASA Is Extending GPS-Style Navigation to the Moon With a Tiny Receiver appeared first on Curiosm…
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