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Peering Homeward, 1972
19 Feb 2026 09:22 GMT
… mountains.
Anxiety transformed into excitement. NASA geologist Nicholas Short, who had … had proved itself after launch, NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher … foot boom) for communicating with NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS); and to …
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NASA and Johns Hopkins play the cult video game DOOM on satellites
14 Jan 2026 10:12 GMT
… to the lore.
Engineers with NASA and the Johns Hopkins Applied … the Golden Records attached to NASA’s Voyager Probes in 1977 … the test terminal connected with NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite fleet and multiple commercial …
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NASA’s Wideband Technology Demo Proves Space Missions are Free to Roam
20 Dec 2025 05:50 GMT
… and Navigation) Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “PExT … testing kicked off with NASA’s TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) fleet and commercial satellite … demonstration visit:
PExT – NASA
The Polylingual Experimental Terminal technology …
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NASA’s PExT Payload Completes Communications Demonstrations
19 Dec 2025 20:57 GMT
… was developed in collaboration with NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation … launched in July alongside the NASA Tracers mission.
Operating in … government networks. It roamed between NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system, two SES O3b …
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NASA, Partners Test Commercial Satellite Relay Services for Near-Earth Missions
19 Dec 2025 01:55 GMT
… Communications Services Project.
What Is NASA’s Communications Services Project?
… The project, managed by NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation … mark progress toward retiring the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system and adopting commercial services …
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NASA’s Push Toward Commercial Space Communications Gains Momentum
18 Dec 2025 01:52 GMT
… toward retiring the agency’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system and adopting commercial … supports NASA’s broader strategy to retire the TDRS constellation … :
Embracing Commercial Relay Services – NASA
The Communications Services Project is …
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Viasat Successfully Tests HaloNet Launch Telemetry Solution for NASA Onboard Blue Origin’s New Glenn
13 Nov 2025 23:53 GMT
… science missions. As NASA gradually retires its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite fleet, the agency … our first demonstration under NASA’s Communications Services Project … HaloNet solution demonstration missions for NASA anticipated with other partners …
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Blue Origin lands huge New Glenn rocket booster for 1st time after acing Mars ESCAPADE launch for NASA
13 Nov 2025 23:28 GMT
… "As NASA looks ahead to replacing the TDRS system, commercial … for October 2024), but NASA decided to delay liftoff until … orbiting Mars. (Image credit: NASA)If all goes well, ESCAPADE … Other spacecraft at Mars include NASA's Curiosity and …
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NASA reestablishes contact with one of two TRACERS satellites
14 Sep 2025 01:15 GMT
… , is performing well. NASA’s Polylingual Experimental Terminal, … satellite networks, including NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS, system, along … with commercial services.
NASA said …
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NASA’s PExT, Wideband Space Communications Demo Begins Commissioning
10 Sep 2025 07:55 GMT
… commissioning is underway for NASA’s PExT (Polylingual Experimental … agency missions relied on NASA’s TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) system to provide communication … space while roaming between NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite fleet, the SES …