Originally intended to be ready for Voyager’s Uranus encounter, the Spanish 34 meter High Efficiency antenna become operational in time…
The Network Testing and Training Facility (NTTF) that housed the original equipment for the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN) and…
Russian, European, Japanese and American missions had an opportunity to photograph Comet Halley during its closest approach to the sun.…
Seventy-three seconds, after liftoff, the Space Shuttle, Challenger exploded. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite B (TDRS-B) was part of the…
NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis touched down on the lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California’s Mojave Desert Tuesday,…
The Network Consolidation Project was completed. The consolidation was initiated due to the budgetary environment and the anticipated Tracking and…
Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency signed bilateral agreements for the future space station. The International Space Station (ISS)…
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) mated to NB-52B in snow.
With Voyager 2’s successful Saturn encounter, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory focused on Uranus, the next stop for Voyager 2. Uranus’…
NASA transferred the station in Fairbanks, Alaska over to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in anticipation of the…