Future space communication (Image: NASA)
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. Â鶹´«Ã½ 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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