NASA managed to run the Earth’s Global Positioning System (GPS) for the first time on the Moon. Thus, he took an important step towards reliable navigation required for future lunar duties.

NASA’s Artemis program is very important for future tasks where people will stay on the Moon longer.

Ay GNSS Receiver Test (Lugre) held on March 3 and the world’s global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals have been shown to be used on the Moon. GNSS is a satellite network that provides precise positioning, navigation and timing information.

Signals of GPS and Galileo satellites from 362,000 km away

NASA developed Lugre technology in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency, and the Blue Ghost landing tool of Firefly Aerospace has delivered this system to the Moon. Immediately after landing, NASA operators at Goddard Space Flight Center launched the first scientific operations on the moon surface of Lugre. On March 3, Lugre managed to receive signals from GPS and Galileo satellites. Signals from 362,000 km away have been proved to work effectively. This success is of great importance in terms of showing that advanced navigation systems and services can be established outside the world.

NASA also reached 338,000 km away from the Earth on January 21st and broke the highest altitude GNSS signal acquisition record. This record left the previous record of NASA’s Magetospheric Multi -Scale Mission. When Lugre reached the moon orbit on February 20, GNSS expanded its altitude record and reached 391,000 km from Earth.

Will eliminate human support

NASA traditionally adopts a versatile approach to monitor spacecraft. It combines data from established sensors with signals from them to world -based monitoring stations. However, this method requires human support.

The integration of GNSS data into navigation systems offers a potential solution for autonomous navigation. It also makes operations more efficient by reducing the need for human intervention. Therefore, this success of NASA is of great importance for Artemis program and other missions for Mars. In future tasks, vehicles can determine their position, speed and time, and have the opportunity to travel in a more sensitive and independent way without the need for constant world -centered follow -up.