50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2
Cars That Think
APRIL 18, 2024
In 1964 they built DSS-42—DSS-43’s predecessor—to support NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft as it performed the first-ever successful flyby of Mars in July 1965. DSS-42 was retired in 2000. The antenna had a 26-meter-diameter dish. Along with two other antennas at JPL and in Spain, DSS-42 obtained the first close-up images of Mars.
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