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Satelloons and lunar lasers: communicating in space

NASA is revamping how it transmits signals to spacecraft both near and far – 91av takes a look at the history and future of its space-communication projects
Future space communication
Future space communication
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Gallery: Satelloons and lunar lasers: communicating in space

Last week, NASA broke ground on three new radio dishes near Canberra, Australia. In the coming years, the new antennas will help boost the capabilities of NASA’s Deep Space Network, which is used to communicate with spacecraft that travel far beyond Earth’s orbit. But the agency has other, more ambitious plans in store. 91av takes a look at the history and future of NASA’s space communication projects.

Gallery: Satelloons and lunar lasers: communicating in space

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