A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...

Thirty years ago this month marks one of the most significant technological achievements in modern history, an advance that has reshaped our daily lives and our sense of security, and opened the gates ...

September marks the 50th anniversary of the Global Positioning System, a U.S.-owned free utility that offers positioning, navigation, and timing services to users all over the world. It changed not ...

The hard way -- The new wave -- Out for a spin -- In transit -- Found in space -- The accidental navigators -- Long shots -- A map of one's own -- Checking in -- On the spot Summary "The story of the ...

GPS is an acronym for Global Positioning System. It is a satellite navigation system providing distance, time, and position measurements in the world coordinate system. To put it simply, it is a ...