An Italian-made instrument on the Moon has received signals from the Earth for the first time, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) said Monday. For the first time, ASI said, signals from navigation satellites active in Earth's orbit have been received on the Moon.

The result, as stated on the ASI website, "is due to the LuGre satellite receiver, the result of an agreement between ASI and NASA and built in Italy by Qascom, with the scientific support of the Polytechnic University of Turin."