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Captain Charles Wilkes led the U.S. Exploring Expedition, which sailed around the world between 1838 and 1842.
Led the Pan Am Airlines navigation service
Long-range Navy patrol aircraft required better all-weather navigation systems like LORAN.
Advanced navigation in bombers
The Deep Space Operations Control Center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory coordinates the three Deep Space Network stations.
Firefighter John F. Sullivan explains, “When firefighters enter a burning structure, especially large complex commercial buildings, they can quickly lose visibility and their ability to maintain orientation. And traditional GPS doesn’t work inside buildings.”
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Dieudonné Costes and his co-pilot, Joseph Le Brix, in Costes' Breguet Bre. 19 A2 Nungesser-Coli.