Damaged DSN antenna out of service until May
WASHINGTON — A key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) that was damaged last fall is expected…
NASA Has Some Very Bad News About Its Mars Spacecraft
On December 6, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft, which has been studying the Red Planet’s…
NASA Study Suggests Saturn’s Moon Titan May Not Have Global Ocean
A key discovery from NASA’s Cassini mission in 2008 was that Saturn’s largest moon Titan may have a…
NASA to test SpaceX’s Starshield in pilot program
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to test SpaceX’s Starshield satellite network, designed primarily for national security customers, to support…
NASA’s 230-Foot Antenna Damaged, Further Straining Deep Space Communications
A massive antenna used to communicate with Martian spacecraft and track near-Earth asteroids has been offline for nearly…
Key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network damaged
WASHINGTON — One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in September and may…
The 2023 error that nearly ended the mission
For two tense weeks in July 2023, NASA feared humanity’s longest-running spacecraft might be lost forever. When a…
NASA pauses acquisition of lunar communications ground stations
WASHINGTON — NASA has paused plans to procure a set of ground stations intended to reduce the burden…