NASA Enhancing Space Comms For Human Lunar Exploration

NASA says the LEGS antennas will be similar in appearance to this 20.2-m (66.3-ft.) CPI Satcom antenna.

Credit: CPI Satcom/NASA
NASA is proceeding with plans to set up a new global Lunar Exploration Ground Sites (LEGS) communications network to support continuous communications with upcoming Artemis astronaut and robotic missions intended to establish a sustained human presence at the Moon. The human missions would see the...
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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