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NASA Moon tech taps into Earth’s GPS from 225,000 miles away in a historic first
On March 3rd, at 2:00 AM Eastern time, history was made. LuGRE successfully acquired and tracked signals from GPS and Galileo ...
Why was the moon shades of red, orange and yellow last night? Here's what causes a "Blood Moon."
There was an opportunity Thursday night to catch the March 2025 "Blood Moon," a phenomenon that colors the full moon in ...
NASA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 not a threat to Earth. But the moon is still in the region of uncertainty
NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...
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NASA Accesses Earth's GPS From the Moon in Historic First
NASA has achieved a global (and beyond) first by accessing the Earth's GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) from the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beyond Earthrise: Blue Ghost’s Chilling New Perspective From the Moon
More than 50 years after Apollo 8’s legendary Earthrise photo, a new image from the Moon’s surface delivers a hauntingly different view. Captured by the Blue Ghost lander in 2025, this photograph ...
Why NASA Is Trying to Go Back to the Moon
President Trump set the U.S. on a path to sending astronauts back to the lunar surface during his first term. Lately he has ...
How 3D printing will help astronauts survive on the Moon and Mars
D printers will make the tools, structures and habitats space pioneers need to survive in a hostile alien environment.
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, ...