(Bloomberg) -- After a plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suffered a GPS navigation outage on its approach to Plovdiv in Bulgaria on Aug. 31, authorities in the country ...

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off Jan. 27, 2026 at 11:53 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The vehicle deployed a Lockheed Martin-built ...

SpaceX has launched an advanced GPS satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch occurred just before midnight on Tuesday. SpaceX originally targeted Monday for the launch. BREVARD ...

GPS III Space Vehicle SV09 is being prepped for launch from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch, delayed from Jan.

The Falcon 9 rocket sent up GPS III-9 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 11:53 p.m. ET, stated SpaceX. The launch window opened at 11:38 p.m. ET Tuesday, and ...

As a Navy mathematician in the 1950s and beyond, she played an unheralded but foundational role in making possible the global satellite-based mapping system. Dr. Gladys West spent her career in ...

Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir. Next time ...

The massive winter storm we've been warned about all week is almost here, and airlines have already canceled thousands of flights through the weekend. More than 560 U.S. flights have been canceled for ...

She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world. Gladys West, whose pioneering career contributed key elements to what ...