Much like how familiar landmarks can give travelers a sense of direction when their smart phones lose their lock on GPS signals, a NASA engineer is teaching a machine to use features on the Moon's horizon to navigate across ...
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2022
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Going to the moon was the first step. Staying there is the next ambition.
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2022
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NASA's Artemis missions are returning humanity to the Moon and beginning a new era of lunar exploration. Soon, the agency plans to launch the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed flight test that will take a human-rated spacecraft ...
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2022
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The European Space Agency presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to Earth's closest neighbor.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2021
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Uber Technologies is buying digital mapping specialist deCarta in a deal that may help the rapidly growing ride-hailing service lessen its dependence on navigation services supplied by Google and Apple.
Business
Mar 4, 2015
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Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), passed a milestone Tuesday when it pinpointed its first-ever ground location, the European Space Agency said.
Telecom
Mar 12, 2013
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(AP)—Brazil has become the first country outside Russia to host part of that nation's satellite navigation system, which is known as Glonass.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2013
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Endlessly frustrated by congested roads, computer scientists at California State University, in Fullerton have developed a satellite navigation system, GeoTNavi, which hooks into historical traffic data and current vehicle ...
Engineering
Feb 7, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Europe's third Galileo satellite has transmitted its first test navigation signals back to Earth. The two Galileo satellites launched last October have reached their final orbital position and are in the midst ...
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2012
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(AP)—A second pair of satellites that will help supply Europe with its own navigation system were launched Friday from French Guiana.
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2012
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