The Navy is once again teaching celestial navigation as a back up in case GPS systems become unusable. Celestial navigation, sometimes referred to as astronavigation, is a way for a navigator to use ...

The United States Naval Academy, which is located in Annapolis, Maryland, has returned to using celestial navigation over computer hacking concerns, it was reported this week. Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Rogers, ...

It was how Odysseus sailed the seas, how Columbus reached the Americas, and how Lawrence of Arabia found his way across the vast, featureless deserts of the Middle East. For millennia, travellers used ...

Stargazing hasn’t been a popular method of navigation for decades now, but the US Navy is about to change that with a surprising update to its curriculum. With an eye towards security and decreasing ...