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A Deep Space Communications Hub in the Desert

A collection of radio antennas in the Mojave Desert has a long history of helping NASA keep in touch with distant spacecraft.


NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

Published June 14, 2018
Data acquired May 4, 2018

Source:
Landsat 8 > OLI