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Altus

The snow-capped peak of Mt. San Antonio in the San Gabriel range is visible as the remotely piloted Altus II…

Altus
Altus

The San Gabriel range is visible as the remotely piloted Altus II flies over Southern California’s high desert.

B-52 Drops New Parachute System for F-111 “Aardvark” Bomber
B-52 Drops New Parachute System for F-111 “Aardvark” Bomber

A mock-up of an F-111 cockpit section dropped out of the bomb bay of NASA’s B-52 mothership on a test…

December 1987 – Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) Established
December 1987 – Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) Established

The Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR) program was officially established. Throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s, scientists had been performing scientific…

July 1987 – 70 Meter Antennas Upgraded
July 1987 – 70 Meter Antennas Upgraded

The 64 meter antennas at the three Deep Space Network facilities were upgraded to 70 meter. The antenna in Madrid,…

April 1987 – Spanish 34 Meter Antenna Declared Operational
April 1987 – Spanish 34 Meter Antenna Declared Operational

Originally intended to be ready for Voyager’s Uranus encounter, the Spanish 34 meter High Efficiency antenna become operational in time…

April 1986 – Networking Testing and Training Facility (NTTF) Moved
April 1986 – Networking Testing and Training Facility (NTTF) Moved

The Network Testing and Training Facility (NTTF) that housed the original equipment for the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) and…

March 1986 – Comet Halley Photographed
March 1986 – Comet Halley Photographed

Russian, European, Japanese and American missions had an opportunity to photograph Comet Halley during its closest approach to the sun.…

January 1986 – Challenger Lost
January 1986 – Challenger Lost

Seventy-three seconds, after liftoff, the Space Shuttle, Challenger exploded. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite B (TDRS-B) was part of the…

STS-61b Shuttle Atlantis Landing at Edwards
STS-61b Shuttle Atlantis Landing at Edwards

NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on the lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert Tuesday,…