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NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (351+ words) The new antenna will boost capacity on NASA's increasingly strained deep-space communications network as Artemis and other missions drive up demand. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons,…...
On this day in space! Sept. 5, 1977: NASA launches Voyager 1 on epic journey across the solar system
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (457+ words) Voyager 1 launched to explore Jupiter and Saturn. Today, it's in interstellar space. On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Voyager 1 initially launched on a mission to explore the…...
Nonprofit wants to launch 80,000-year mission to Alpha Centauri in 2029 (video)
1+ week, 4+ day ago (553+ words) "None of us will be here when this journey ends, and that is the point." The first dedicated mission to another star will launch before the end of the decade, if all goes according to plan. A nonprofit called the…...