NASA says Artemis II can fly without its big, broken deep space antenna

Beyond the range of GPS and tracking satellites, the moonship depends on radio dish arrays for communication and navigation.

Networks are keeping NASA's Artemis II mission connected

NASA's Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the ...

4 Big Changes Coming To NASA In 2026

From new telescopes going online to another mission to the Moon, NASA has a lot of big changes coming in 2026. Here are some ...

ESA’s new “Space Phone Line” can hear missions from millions of kilometers away

ESA’s New Norcia 3 antenna in Australia will track deep-space missions, send commands across millions of kilometres, and ...
SpaceNews

Ground truth: Why the lunar program needs its Earthbound network

Deep Space Station 56 in Madrid is part of NASA’s Deep Space Network. The 34-meter-wide dish is located at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech As the world prepares ...
Optics

NKT Photonics fiber lasers enable deep-space communication

ESA has made Europe’s first deep-space optical link with NASA’s Psyche mission. ESA’s multi-beam high-power fiber laser transmission system. On July 7, the European Space Agency (ESA), established ...