(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 3 - An Italian-made instrument on the Moon has received signals from the Earth for the first time, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) said Monday.

If successful, this will be the first time GPS has been used from the moon, potentially revolutionizing lunar navigation. The ...

If successful, this will be the first time GPS has been used from the moon, potentially revolutionizing lunar navigation. The experiment is a collaboration between NASA, the Italian Space Agency ...

For LuGRE—the first Italian-made space hardware to ever land on the Moon—the mission is only beginning. It will continue to operate continuously for the next two weeks, hopefully providing ...

Now that Blue Ghost is on the moon, the mission will operate for 14 days providing NASA and the Italian Space Agency the opportunity to collect data in a near-continuous mode, leading to ...

NASA and the Italian Space Agency's Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment succeeded in its first attempt to acquire Earth-based navigation signals from the moon on March 3, 2025. Credit: NASA / Dave Ryan ...