If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to reliably relay messages through space. The solution could be optical communication, or lasers. If we want to go to Mars, we need a better way to ...

Kepler Communications launches 10 new LEO satellites, expanding its laser-based network for near real-time data links.

The NASA PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission uses the Near Space Network of the space agency, and its first transmission showed how this mode of communication helps improve the ...

Canberra joined the global network in 1965 and operates four radio antennas. Now, preparations have begun on its fifth as NASA works to increase the network's capacity. NASA's Deep Space Network ...

NASA has awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts with a potential cumulative value of $4.82 billion to four companies to provide support services ...

The Deep Space Network antennas are already operating at capacity, with an anticipated growth in demand with the upcoming Artemis missions. Reading time 3 minutes In order to contact its ...

Some of the most notable names in the aerospace industry continue to use the faculty, students and resources at Morehead State's Space Science Center for missions. Now, U.S. government is investing to ...

NASA officials sounded an alarm Tuesday about the agency’s Deep Space Network, a collection of antennas in California, Spain, and Australia used to maintain contact with missions scattered across the ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --Space missions to the moon, Mars and beyond often get the most attention, but NASA's Near Space Network does a lot of heavy lifting for humankind's reach for the stars. NASA announced ...

We have begun the process of exploring the solar system, launching unmanned probes to lead the way. The images they beam back to us from distant planets gives us a taste of the wonders we will ...

When NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover touched down on the Red Planet, the agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN) was there, enabling the mission to send and receive the data that helped make the event ...

The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Universal Space Network (USN) have reached an agreement in which SSC will acquire all the shares of US-based USN. The two companies have been working in close ...