* Astronomy

It takes more than 9½ years for a spacecraft to travel the 5.7 billion kilometres to Pluto. But when the New Horizons mission finally passes the dwarf planet in 2015, Australia will play a pivotal role. An official from the US space agency NASA has confirmed plans to build two new dish antennae at Tidbi...

Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. An ESA station was built there in 1991, as the NASA station providing support to Ariane launches was about to be closed. The United States maintains a GPS monitor station and missile tracking sites on the island. [img]http://static....

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Tracking Station Tidbinbilla Deep Space Tracking Station (Preview)	General news	2	1206	Jan 22 10:48 2013 by Blobrana
It takes more than 9½ years for a spacecraft to travel the 5.7 billion kilometres to Pluto. But when the New Horizons mission finally passes the dwarf planet in 2015, Australia will play a pivotal role. An official from the US space agency NASA has confirmed plans to build two new dish antennae at Tidbi...
Observatory Tracking Station Ascension Tracking Station (Preview)	General news	2	5094	Jan 3 13:09 2016 by Blobrana
Ascension Island is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. An ESA station was built there in 1991, as the NASA station providing support to Ariane launches was about to be closed. The United States maintains a GPS monitor station and missile tracking sites on the island. [img]http://static....