Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex 001

In 1958 Goldstone established the first deep space communication technology to be built in the world. In 1965, the Deep Space Network received images from NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft, the first close-ups of Mars. The DSN helped Mission Control stay in touch with the Apollo astronauts. It relayed the first televised images of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon. In 1974, DSN returned Mariner 10 images of Mercury. When NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft buzzed by Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune, DSN brought home the first close-ups of these planets and their rings and moons. DSN also carried the data conveying the famous self-portrait of Earth known as the “Pale Blue Dot.” It continues to monitor t...View all