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  2. Mars Desert Research Station - Wikipedia

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    The MDRS station is situated on the San Rafael Swell of Southern Utah, [4] 11.63 kilometres (7.23 mi) by road northwest of Hanksville, Utah. [5] It is the second such analogue research station to be built by the Mars Society, following the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station or FMARS [6] on Devon Island in Canada's high Arctic.

  3. Goddard Space Flight Center - Wikipedia

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    Goddard map. The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northeast of Washington, D.C., in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States. Established on May 1, 1959 as NASA's first space flight center, GSFC employs about 10,000 civil servants and contractors.

  4. Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex - Wikipedia

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    Goldstone Observatory in 1963. The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC), commonly called the Goldstone Observatory, is a satellite ground station located in Fort Irwin [ 1 ] in the U.S. state of California. Operated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), its main purpose is to track and communicate with interplanetary space ...

  5. NASA Deep Space Network - Wikipedia

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    The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is a worldwide network of spacecraft communication ground segment facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports NASA 's interplanetary spacecraft missions. It also performs radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar ...

  6. International Space Station - Wikipedia

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    International Space Station. The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). The ISS is the largest space station ever ...

  7. Mars Exploration Program - Wikipedia

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    Mars Exploration Program (MEP) is a long-term effort to explore the planet Mars, funded and led by NASA. Formed in 1993, MEP has made use of orbital spacecraft, landers, and Mars rovers to explore the possibilities of life on Mars, as well as the planet's climate and natural resources. [ 1 ] The program is managed by NASA's Science Mission ...

  8. James Webb Space Telescope - Wikipedia

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    James Webb Space Telescope. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. As the largest telescope in space, it is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments, allowing it to view objects too old, distant, or faint for the Hubble Space Telescope. [ 9 ]

  9. Great Observatories program - Wikipedia

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    Four Great Observatories. NASA's series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space-based astronomical telescopes launched between 1990 and 2003. They were built with different technology to examine specific wavelength/energy regions of the electromagnetic spectrum: gamma rays, X-rays, visible and ultraviolet light, and infrared light.