"This demonstration is a breakthrough for future deep space exploration," said SEXTANT Project Manager Jason Mitchell, an aerospace technologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, ...

Quartermaster 3rd Class Craig Warner uses a navigational instrument on the USS Rushmore in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 26, 2015. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Chelsea Milburn/U.S. Navy) The Feb. 18 Economy & ...

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Even though we live in the high-tech GPS era when it comes to getting around, it turns out the Royal Canadian Navy still trains with the very low-tech sextant for navigation. The sextant, a tool that ...