Deep Space Station 12 (DSS-12), the first deep space station, was built in 1960 to support the Echo program. This…
After Explorer I, the first US satellite, was launched in January 1958, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California looked…
The 26 meter (85 foot) antenna in Honeysuckle Creek, Australia, was built in 1967 as part of the Manned Space…
Late night in the desert: Goldstone’s 230-foot (70-meter) antenna tracks spacecraft day and night. This photograph was taken on Jan.…
Lennon is one of ten newly named craters on the planet.
NASA’s NEOWISE spacecraft opened its “eyes” after more than two years of slumber to see the starry sky. This image…
This is one of the first images captured by the revived NEOWISE mission, after more than two years of hibernation.…
During the mid-1960s, three tracking stations for the US space program were established outside of Madrid, Spain; Robledo de Chavela,…
Concerned about the political climate in South Africa during the 1960s, NASA looked for a suitable location on the same…
During the mid-1960s, three tracking stations for the US space program were established outside of Madrid, Spain; Robledo de Chavela,…
