50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2
Cars That Think
APRIL 18, 2024
NASA engineers predicted that to carry out missions beyond Mars, the space agency needed more sensitive antennas. To ensure that DSS-43 can still place the longest of long-distance calls, the antenna underwent a round of updates in 2020. The antenna had a 26-meter-diameter dish. DSS-42 was retired in 2000.
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