NASA enters the “GPS” service to the moon soon

NASA is now developing a navigation system similar to what is on Earth, but on the surface of the moon, this seeks Project From the space agency to facilitate the movement of astronauts in future missions, from the simple movement of the moon to the creation of long -term lunar bases.

The experience of the “Lunar GPS reception”, which was part of the “Bluest” mission, whose vehicle recently landed on the moon at the beginning of this month, succeeded in showing the ability to receive the signals of the Global GPS system “GPS” sent from the Earth’s orbit.

The lunar experience depends on a technique that has been long used on Earth, which is the “satellite system for global navigation”, a network of satellite that includes the well -known GPS system.

The use of this system is common in almost all fields, starting with the direction of smartphones to air management, which makes it a reliable tool for microscopic navigation.

Through the success of receiving and tracking satellite satellite signals of global navigation on the moon, the reception device paved the way for astronauts to rely on navigation systems similar to those they use on Earth.

According to Kenvin Kogans of the NASA telecommunications and satellite navigation program, tracking the signals of the navigational system on the moon is a revolutionary event in the field of lunar navigation.

The new system guarantees the ability to track sites and speeds accurately, coinciding with the timing of the Earth, which is the ability of astronauts and spacecraft to move between the moon’s sites with unprecedented accuracy.

This technology is also expected to facilitate navigation between the Earth and the moon, which was traditionally required a complex mix of notes, sensors and mathematical calculations.

A global partnership to explore the moon

The success of the reception device on board the spacecraft is attributed to the Italian Space Agency that helped implement the project, and the device is the first piece to reach the moon from the equipment that was developed with the help of Italian hands.

Once technology is fully used, NASA and the Italian Space Agency aim to make it available to all space agencies, which opens the way for this innovative navigation system in future lunar missions.

NASA also aims to use this device in its future inhabited missions within the “Artemis” program, which will ensure a sustainable presence of humans on the moon by 2027, according to the planned plan.

Joel Parker Space Airways Engineer Joel Parker indicates that the agency is seeking to enable more space missions for the benefit of everyone, with the aim of cooperating with international partners.

The device will undergo more tests during the remaining 14 days of the “Blogost” mission, while it will remain in direct contact with the satellite system of global navigation over a distance of about 360 thousand kilometers.