What if the world’s most sophisticated spaceplane has a navigation system that is not reliant on GPS at all? Thursday evening late, in weather that improved as Hurricane Erin had moved north into the ...

If you think finding your way on Earth without help from Google Maps or Waze is difficult, just think about what that's like for people planning missions in space. Luckily, as technology progresses, ...

modernization of the Global Positioning System and U.S.-developed, owned and/or operated systems used to augment or otherwise improve the Global Positioning System and/or other “Interoperable” refers ...

The upcoming mission of the US military’s X-37B orbital test vehicle, scheduled for August 21, 2025, is set to test an innovative quantum-based inertial navigation system, marking a significant leap ...

Many spacecraft near Earth rely on signals from navigation satellite constellations like GPS. These Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are each operated by different providers — the U.S., EU, ...

On August 21, 2025, a small but powerful space plane will once again head into orbit, carrying with it experiments that could redefine how humans travel through space. The X-37B, a reusable orbital ...

Space exploration drives technological advancements in GPS, medical imaging, satellite systems, and modern technology used ...

Advanced Navigation, one of the world’s most determined innovators in AI robotics and navigation technology, has been awarded a Moon to Mars Initiative: Demonstrator Mission Grant by the Australian ...

The National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), are cooperating to explore opportunities in low-Earth orbit ...

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, landed a NASA grant to build a small X-ray telescope that can assist with deep ...

There's an eye in the sky — a hurricane eye, that is. High above the North Pole, a cyclone of charged particles can form and cause turbulence in the Earth's geomagnetic field. These storms lead to ...