If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to reliably relay messages through space. The solution could be optical communication, or lasers. If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to ...

The NASA PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission uses the Near Space Network of the space agency, and its first transmission showed how this mode of communication helps improve the ...

We have begun the process of exploring the solar system, launching unmanned probes to lead the way. The images they beam back to us from distant planets gives us a taste of the wonders we will ...

NASA officials sounded an alarm Tuesday about the agency’s Deep Space Network, a collection of antennas in California, Spain, and Australia used to maintain contact with missions scattered across the ...

The Deep Space Network antennas are already operating at capacity, with an anticipated growth in demand with the upcoming Artemis missions. Reading time 3 minutes In order to contact its ...

NASA has awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a potential cumulative value of $4.82 billion to four companies to provide support services ...

Some of the most notable names in the aerospace industry continue to use the faculty, students and resources at Morehead State's Space Science Center for missions. Now, U.S. government is investing to ...

The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Universal Space Network (USN) have reached an agreement in which SSC will acquire all the shares of US-based USN. The two companies have been working in close ...

When NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet, the agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN) was there, enabling the mission to send and receive the data that helped make the event ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometer) away from Earth, orbiting around the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 2. How do we send commands and receive telemetry – the ...

The advent of the fifth-generation (5G) technology has revolutionized the way we think about communication networks, enabling a plethora of new use cases and scenarios that were not possible with ...

Near Space Network antennas at the White Sands Complex in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA is expanding its Near Space Network’s direct-to-Earth communications capabilities with four ...