Inspector General Audit Finds NASA’s Deep Space Network Oversubscribed

Canberra DSN antenna

The antennas of the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex, in Australia, as part of NASA's Deep Space Network.

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA faces a significant challenge in the timely upgrade of its global Deep Space Network (DSN), which is integral to communications with nearly 60 current distant space missions, an audit by NASA’s inspector general (IG) says. The missions include the James Webb Space Telescope, Mars...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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