Space Communications & Navigation Program

Psyche Mission
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Operations Mission Directorate
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Tech Demo Missions
DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for the first time.
Posted November 17, 2023
Artemis 1
Artemis
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
General
Goddard Space Flight Center
Johnson Space Center
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
In the year since NASA’s historic Artemis I mission successfully launched, the agency has been analyzing data from its approximately 25-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth, including data submitted from volunteers around the world as they tracked the uncrewed Orion spacecraft. The flight test, which launched on Nov. 16, 2022, atop the […]
Posted November 15, 2023
Technology
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
Goddard Space Flight Center
Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS)
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Technology for Space Travel
Goddard's GIANT optical navigation software helped guide the OSIRIS-REx mission to the Asteroid Bennu. Today its developers continue to add functionality and streamline useability for future missions.
Posted October 25, 2023
Communicating and Navigating with Missions
General
Goddard Space Flight Center
ILLUMA-T
Laser Communications Relay
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
NASA is demonstrating laser communications on multiple missions – showcasing the benefits infrared light can have for science and exploration missions transmitting terabytes of important data. The International Space Station is getting a “flashy” technology demonstration this November.
Posted October 25, 2023
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
Navigate Space: Space Communications and Navigation Workbook Grades 8 – 12  NASA navigates throughout the solar system and beyond, revealing the mysteries of the universe. In this workbook, you’ll use basic mathematics concepts to explore space navigation.
Posted September 28, 2023
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