Moon GPS Is Coming

“You have arrived at your destination.” This phrase, delivered with robotic cadence, is familiar to anyone who uses satellite navigation systems to guide them on sightseeing strolls, cross-country road trips, and all manner of journeys from point A to point B.

But what if your destination is literally out of this world? Could something like the Global Positioning Service (GPS), the most well-known satellite navigation system, be extended to globes that are not Earth?

The answer is not only “yes,” but “soon,” according to space agencies involved in a new push to establish a GPS-like constellation around the moon. NASA and its partners in Europe and Japan are developing lunar satnav

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