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Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC) – May 16, 2014
I made a trip to Madrid in May, 2014 with friends of mine and I couldn’t resist renting a car and go to this magical place! I had the chance to visit the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC), which is one of the three sites that make up the Deep Space Network.
NASA DSN turned 50 years old a few months ago and they had a Social Event to celebrate it. You can have a look here if you are interested.
For those of you, who want the quick version, the Deep Space Network communicates with allthe spacecrafts that humans have sent to space. Even with Voyager 1, sent to space more than 35 years ago! Without the Deep Space Network, there won’t be Curiosity images, no mapping of Mars by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, no Voyager communication – nothing! Have a look at the gallery below and don’t mind my grinning face, because I was so excited…
In front of the World Map showing the MDSCC location
The MDSCC
Cleaning Curiosity’s cameras
Shooting around
Mars! Our ultimate destination
The top of the big antenna
Posing with the MER Opportunity here on Earth
A real moon rock for you to see here on Earth – AMAZING!
The whole complex with the antennas from afar
One of the other antennas in the complex (the farthest seen from the road)
One of the other antennas in the complex (the farthest seen from the road)
One of the other antennas in the complex
The big antenna in the complex
The entrance to the complex
The entrance of the complex with a smaller antenna in the background and the mechanism of the big antenna in the foreground
The big antenna in the complex
The mechanism at the base of the big antenna
The big antenna in the MDSCC
One of the other antennas in the complex
The museum with my car in front (the right one)
The entrance of the complex with the NASA sign on it
Flags in front of the museum
Posters inside the museum
Posters inside the museum
The capsule from the Constellation program
The car I rented on the road next to the DSN Complex
The other antennas
The other antennas
The other antennas
The big antenna in the complex, shot from the asphalt on the road
The big antenna in the complex
The big antenna in the complex with an airplane flying
The big antenna in the complex
The museum sitting next to the complex
The entrance to the MDSCC
The big antenna in the MDSCC
JPL Rocks!
JPL Rocks!
Me with the Big antenna in the complex
The ISS
DSN poster on the wall in the museum
Food in space
Posters inside the museum
Posters inside the museum
Posters inside the museum
Posters inside the museum
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by Tihomir Dimitrov
The Human Adventures in Space Exploration – 05.2014
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