The Guam Remote Ground Terminal (GRGT) was constructed in the 1990s to close the gap in coverage, or Zone of…
The Australian station, Honeysuckle Creek, was built in 1967 to support the lunar phase of Apollo Missions. Along with the…
Deep space communications are very challenging because of the extreme distances between spacecraft and Earth. Spacecraft communications equipment, designed to…
The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) is one of three Deep Space Network (DSN) facilities. GSDCC is located in…
The 34 meter (111 foot) High Efficiency (HEF) antenna in the foreground is nicknamed the “Uranus Antenna” because it was…
The Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) is one of NASA's three Deep Space Network (DSN) facilities. The diameter of…
The 64-meter (210-foot) antenna, Deep Space Station 63 (DSS-63), at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) became operational in…
The 26-meter (85-foot) antenna shown here in the background became known as the “Apollo Antenna” because of its historic role…
By the late 1980s, NASA identified a need for a Second Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System Ground Terminal (STGT).…
To support ground observations of the solar eclipse on Nov. 13, 2012, Hinode will capture images of the full sun…
