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Critical NASA Deep Space ground station in Spain evacuated due to wildfires

In a historic first, all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex – part of NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) – carried out a test to receive data from the agency’s ...
Ars Technica

After nearly breaking, NASA’s Deep Space Network “worked well” on Artemis II

NASA pushed its Deep Space Network beyond its limits during the Artemis I mission nearly four years ago. The global array of deep space communications antennas couldn’t keep up with the routine ...
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Wildfire burns through NASA Deep Space Network station in Spain: Six antennas at risk

A wildfire swept through NASA's Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex on Friday, burning through the 60 km (37-mile) stretch of Sierra de Guadarrama foothills where six massive radio antennas have ...
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NASA expands Deep Space Network with giant new dish in California desert

NASA's long-distance spacecraft-calling network just got a boost. The Deep Space Network (DSN), best known for communicating with distant spacecraft such as Voyager 1, Voyager 2 and New Horizons, ...