NASA suffers Deep Space Network breakdown
AUG 04, 2006
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020324
space.com : One of the three antennas that make up NASA’s Deep Space Network is out of commission for an extra three months due to the failure of two bearings that allow the antenna to rotate. The problem was discovered when the antenna, based in Madrid, Spain, was taken out of service for routine maintenance. The DSN network collects data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), and the Cassini spacecraft which is orbiting Saturn. A sister antenna in Goldstone, California is now undergoing checks to see if its bearings are still viable. In May, the GAO issued a report which accused NASA of under funding DSN and allowing its operations to degrade. Read Deep space network under threat Deep Space Network
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