A key antenna in NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) that was damaged last fall is expected to remain offline until May.

The 70-meter antenna, designated DSS-14, at the Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, California. Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — One of the largest antennas in NASA’s Deep Space Network was damaged in ...

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

A problem with the Mars Antenna, a giant NASA radio dish in California, has disrupted the Deep Space Network's spacecraft communication efforts, as well as asteroid studies, since Sept. 16, 2025.

NASA’s 230-foot antenna, a crucial component of the Deep Space Network at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, has suffered significant damage. This incident has further strained the ...

The Deep Space Network's Goldstone Space Communications Complex near Barstow recently upgraded one of its massive antennas. A crane at the complex lowered a 112-foot-wide steel framework for the Deep ...

One of NASA’s most critical deep space antennas has been knocked out by flooding, and the damage is proving far harder to fix than anyone initially hoped. The loss of this single dish has rippled ...

When the general public thinks about NASA, they likely think about space shuttles, rockets, satellites, and the International Space Station in Earth's lower orbit. Despite NASA's future without the ...

One of NASA's deep space antennas that has been critical for communication with spacecraft for years hasn't been working since September 16, 2025. Located in Goldstone, California, the antenna ...

The European Space Agency recently inaugurated the New Norcia 3, a 115-foot deep-space antenna located in Western Australia.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a 1/140 scale model of one of the three, 64 m (210 ft) Deep Space Network Antennas. Beginning in 1958, the Jet ...

The aging infrastructure of the Deep Space Network is operating at capacity and in desperate need of an upgrade. The latest news isn't helping. Reading time 3 minutes A massive antenna used to ...