A bit of sunshine between the rain while #DSS43 is communicating with @NASAVoyager 2. 🌏📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]

We’ve broken ground for a new antenna. New antenna = new hashtag! #DSS33 📡 Find out more go.nasa.gov/3Yr5Y19 L to R: Elanor Huntington (CSIRO), Dave Gallagher (JPL), Erika Olson (US Charge d’Affaire), Kevin Coggins (NASA SCaN), Kevin Ferguson (CSIRO/CDSCC), Greg Heckler (NASA SCaN), Suzy Dodd (JPL)

Due to unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately our visitor centre will be closed on Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th, and Monday 10th of March. We apologise for the inconvenience. We will reopen again on the weekend of the 15th and 16th March for our regular hours (10 am – 4 pm, Saturday and Sunday).

Hi Bluesky! Deep Space Station 43, the largest steerable,parabolic antenna dish in the southern hemisphere. #nasa #space #science #jpl #photography #exploration #dss43 #communication #communication #canberra #antenna #sun

Thanks to the 1000s of people who came along to visit us over the holidays. From February 1st, our Visitor Centre will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays only, 10am to 4pm. Our opening hours will change during the year to meet demand. More: go.nasa.gov/3WzrNvc

Congratulations to our honoured alumni - Mike Dinn and John Saxon each receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia for their respective services to engineering, science, deep space tracking and exploration. 🇦🇺🎖️ They worked side-by-side at the Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla tracking stations.

🎶’If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it’🎵 A Sun-ring is caused by sunlight refracting through ice crystals in high, thin cirrus clouds. A beautiful phenomenon above our 70-metre antenna dish, Deep Space Station 43.📡

Destination Moon 🌖

Deep Space Station 35 getting some warmth in the afternoon Sun after a rainy few days.📡🌧️#DSS35

“Having fun, Voyager 1?”📡 Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43 is communicating with humanity’s most distant spacecraft, @NASAVoyager 1 24.9 billion kilometres from Earth, in interstellar space. 🌏📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]

Success confirmed after ‘Beacon Tone #1’ was received by antenna Deep Space Station 34 from the #ParkerSolarProbe. @NASAScienceAA @NASASun @JHUAPL Proud to be a part of the team!📡 . . #nasa #space #science #jpl #photography #exploration #communication #canberra #antenna

Deep Space Station 34 received a clear beacon tone from the #ParkerSolarProbe after its close encounter with the Sun on 24th December.📡🛰️☀️ Congratulations to the mission science team & engineers @jhuapl and @NASA on this historic achievement. #DSS34 blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarpro…

Who is the fastest on Christmas Eve? #ParkerSolarProbe vs #SantaClaus 🛰️ = 692,000 kilometres/hour 🎅 = 3,765,852 kph ✅🥇

The #ParkerSolarProbe is just hours away from its close encounter with the Sun.📡〰️〰️〰️🛰️🔜☀️ Just 6.1 million kilometres from the Sun’s surface, travelling at 692,000 kilometres per hour, it’s going to be an amazing ride as it races around our star. See you on the other side!

Here comes the Sun - On the 24th December 2024, at 11:53 GMT (10:53pm AEDT) (6:53am ET), NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will fly 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, travelling at 692,000km/hr. Follow its journey at: science.nasa.gov/mission/parker-solar-probe

Tracking Lucy in the Sky through Canberra.📡🛰️ On its recent Earth Gravity Assist flyby, antenna Deep Space Station 36 in Canberra, Australia provided communications for the spacecraft.

An honour to host a visit by the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel and First Lady, Eva Pavlová, accompanied by Ambassadors 🇨🇿Jana Tyrer and 🇦🇺Benjamin Hayes. The Czech Republic is a member of the Artemis Accords on the civil and peaceful exploration of space.

GOOD NEWS! Our visitor centre will be reopening to the public from 3rd December. We will be open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm. Entry is free. No need to book. Please note that the Cafe & giftshop will not be open. More details here: go.nasa.gov/3WzrNvc

One of our antenna dishes is hosting two juvenile #NankeenKestrels, with parents bringing lots of tasty treats. 🥰 #SpaceMenagerie

Targeting a launch at 3:12am AEDT, @NASA’s @EuropaClipper mission will start its 2.9 billion kilometre voyage to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. Antennas Deep Space Stations 34 & 36 are set to make first contact with the spacecraft after separation from @SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket.

When the NASA Voyager spacecraft call home from interstellar space, we’re ready to take the call. 📡 Our 70-metre antenna, Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43 in touch this afternoon with Voyager-1 at 24.7 billion kilometres, and #DSS34 & #DSS35 supporting Voyager-2 at 20.6 billion kms from Earth.

After nearly 10 months, Deep Space Station 34 is in the final stages of works to prepare the antenna for the upcoming #Artemis missions and returning astronauts to the Moon. Back online on Oct.17, #DSS34 is the last of our three 34-metre dishes requiring these upgrades. 📡🚀🌖

It may not be the deflector dish on the Starship Enterprise, but antenna dish Deep Space Station 46 helped humans go where no one has gone before. #DSS46 📡 Happy #StarTrekDay 🖖

Spring has sprung. 🌺📡

Honoured to have NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation, Kevin Coggins visit us @CanberraDSN to speak with staff and local students about the important role of the Deep Space Network which marks 60 years of operations. 📡

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Deep Space Network, our guests from the Spanish and US Embassies, NASA and Australia planted three native plants as a symbol of each DSN station, as we grow together into the future.📡🇦🇺🇺🇸🇪🇸🌿

On a foggy morning @CanberraDSN, Deep Space Station 43, standing about 73-metres above the valley floor, catches the first rays of sunlight. A fog bow formed as well, adding to the winter scene. -2°C to start the day. #DSS43 📡😶‍🌫️🌈

Some very nice by lenticular clouds around this afternoon.📡 As stable moist air flows over the mountain ranges, cooler temperatures cause it to condense into large scale standing waves forming the layered clouds.

Hoping for a #selfie but we were just off camera when #GOESU deployed from the #FalconHeavy second stage rocket. Comparison image from the #Himarwari8 satellite and the NASA broadcast. Great job by our team today, providing comms for this phase of the mission. #DSS36 🌏📡〰️〰️🛰️

Planets and Asteroids and Moons...oh my! We are pleased to share this awesome space event coming up at the Shine Dome on Friday 12th July. Hear from NASA HQ's Eric Ianson, Director of the Mars Exploration Program. Details: www.science.org.au/news-and-eve... Book: aas.eventsair.com/planets-aste...

Day or night, it’s a beautiful sight. Deep Space Station 43 📡 #DSS43

You’ve heard of a ‘blue moon’.🌖 How about the Moon pretending to be the nucleus of a pink comet?☄️ 😊💕

‘Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are?’🌟 Yes, we’re Sirius! 📡⭐️ #DSS43 #pun #stars #poetry

The universe is for everyone! 📡🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈 #Pride2024

🎶But one of these things is not like the others. Like a rainbow with all of the colours.🎶 #DSS43 📡 #TaylorSwift 🌈

An excellent and inspiring presentation @Science_Academy #ShineDome. Hear from Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director, Dr Laurie Leshin, the Voyager mission’s Suzanne Dodd, and the Deep Space Network's Amy Smith as they inspire the next generation of explorers. youtu.be/LXcseFByjb8?...

Honoured to host three inspiring leaders of space exploration from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - JPL Director, Dr Laurie Leshin, Voyager Interstellar Program Manager, Suzanne Dodd, and Deep Space Network Deputy Manager, Amy Smith. May we continue to Dare Mighty Things Together!

🎶 ‘The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky…’🎶 📡 Deep Space Station 43 #DSS43

What better way to end the week, than with a chat with NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft deep in interstellar space. 📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]

TICKETS ARE NEARLY SOLD OUT! Don't miss this free event in Canberra @Science_Academy Shine Dome on Thursday 30th May. Hear from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director, Dr Laurie Leshin along with other mission program leaders on space exploration. www.trybooking.com/CRTUL

To end the day, a lovely sunset on a wonderful, cold autumn day in #Canberra. #DSS43 #weather #photography

Later in the day, a beautiful #SunDog and #SolarHalo. The arc off the nearly complete 22° halo is known as a #ParhelicCircle. The rainbow colour of the 22° parhelia or sundog was much brighter to the eye than in this photo. #DSS43 #weather

What a great day for interesting #phenomena at our deep space tracking station. First off, the Sun warming the back of our big dish, Deep Space Station 43, and evaporating the morning frost, creating a column of mist. 📡☀️🌫️ #DSS43 #weather #photography

A huge event in Canberra on Thurs 30th May.🌌 JPL Director, Dr Laurie Leshin will be speaking on how NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ‘Dares Mighty Things Together’. Joined by Suzanne Dodd (Voyager) and Amy Smith (DSN) we invite you to attend this FREE event. Tickets: www.trybooking.com/CRTUL

“That’s no moon, it’s a deep space tracking station!” 📡🌒 Happy #StarWarsDay #Maythe4thBeWithYou #DeathStar vs #DSS43 #ScarifVibes #pewpewpew youtu.be/Yi5koGCp7vg?...

🎶Good mornin', starshine The Earth says, "Hello" You twinkle above us We twinkle below🎶 The view as we were driving into work today. Sun shining on our Tidbinbilla valley location. #photography #sunshine #scenery

View from the International Space Station. Hazard reduction back burning on the nearby Brindabella Ranges. A bit smoky in our valley today but no threat to the operations of the deep space tracking station. 🔥📡

With all the focus on #Voyager1 lately, we haven’t forgotten #Voyager2. It’s getting its daily dose of attention from Deep Space Station 43 tonight. #DSS43 #interstellar 📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]

An awesome and rare image of six antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex receiving signals from Voyager 1. This was a pre-planned array for the antennas, but happened to coincide with the recovery efforts for #Voyager1. Our 70-metre dish had sent commands 45-hours earlier.

Sunset on another day in deep space (tracking and communications). 📡🌅