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New Horizons and Pluto
New Horizons and Pluto

The New Horizons mission was designed to gather information on properties, geology, interior, and atmospheres of Pluto and its moon…

TDM ‘Bridge Builder’: Gina Anderson
TDM ‘Bridge Builder’: Gina Anderson

TDM ‘Bridge Builder’: Gina Anderson

‘Wing’ Dike of Hardened Lava in New Mexico
‘Wing’ Dike of Hardened Lava in New Mexico

This photograph from northwestern New Mexico shows a ridge roughly 30 feet (about 10 meters) tall that formed from lava…

Blade-Like Martian Walls Outline Polygons (Stereo)
Blade-Like Martian Walls Outline Polygons (Stereo)

This stereo view shows part of an area on Mars where narrow rock ridges, some as tall as a 16-story…

Blade-Like Martian Walls Outline Polygons
Blade-Like Martian Walls Outline Polygons

This view shows part of an area on Mars where narrow rock ridges, some as tall as a 16-story building,…

How Gas Carves Channels
How Gas Carves Channels

A layer of dry ice covers the South Polar layered deposits every winter.

October 2016 – Second New Australian Antenna Declared Operational
October 2016 – Second New Australian Antenna Declared Operational

Deep Space Station 36 (DSS-36) in Canberra, Australia became operational on October 1, 2016.

July 2015 – Deep Space Network Tracks New Horizons Historic Pluto Flyby
July 2015 – Deep Space Network Tracks New Horizons Historic Pluto Flyby

The New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto by passing within 7750 miles (12500 km) of the surface…

October 2014 – New Australian Antenna Declared Operational
October 2014 – New Australian Antenna Declared Operational

Deep Space Station 35 (DSS-35) in Canberra, Australia began providing communication and tracking services on October 1, 2014.

NASA Simulates Orion Spacecraft Launch Conditions for Crew
NASA Simulates Orion Spacecraft Launch Conditions for Crew

In a lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, engineers simulated conditions that astronauts in space suits would experience…