
Representatives from NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) office, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Spain’s Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial…

A heavy fog rolls in over the construction site for Deep Space Station (DSS)-53. The large hole was dug out…

Concrete is poured for DSS-53's foundation, which is 1-meter thick and spans the entire pedestal base (over 70-feet in diameter).

Concrete is poured for DSS-56's foundation, which is 1-meter thick and spans the entire pedestal base (over 70-feet in diameter).

The pedestal circumferential wall is forming at the DSS-56 construction site. Cement is poured in stages inside the circumferential wall.…

Construction crew prepare the large hole where concrete will be poured to create the pedestal.

After the concrete of the pedestal and pedestal room cure, dirt is back filled to return the construction area to…

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Expedition 52-53 Crew Members in Red Square

Expedition 52 Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy