Jet Propulsion Laboratory

November 13th 2025

This sunset photo shows Deep Space Station 14 (DSS-14), the 230-foot-wide (70-meter) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, part of NASA's Deep Space Network. The network's three complexes around the globe support communications with dozens of deep space missions. DSS-14 is also the agency's Goldstone Solar System Radar, which is used to observe asteroids that come close to Earth.

NASA’s 230-Foot Antenna Damaged, Further Straining Deep Space Communications

The aging infrastructure of the Deep Space Network is operating at capacity and in desperate need of an upgrade. The latest news isn't helping.

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Nov 13 '25

October 14th 2025

JPL Hit With Another 550 Layoffs as NASA’s Budget Crisis Deepens

The 11% staffing cut is the fourth round of layoffs at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory since January 2024. And we’re supposed to beat China back to the Moon?

Space & Spaceflight Ellyn Lapointe Oct 14 '25

January 14th 2025

Jpl Space Flight Operations Center Side Angle

NASA’s Deep Space Mission Control Is Empty for the First Time in 6 Decades as L.A. Wildfires Rage

"It was a very emotional thing, the first time in the 60 years that nobody was actually in the mission control office there at JPL."

Space & Spaceflight Margherita Bassi Jan 14 '25

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NASA’s 230-Foot Antenna Damaged, Further Straining Deep Space Communications

JPL Hit With Another 550 Layoffs as NASA’s Budget Crisis Deepens

NASA’s Deep Space Mission Control Is Empty for the First Time in 6 Decades as L.A. Wildfires Rage

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