As the sky burns gold and the sun sets, we're still listening to signals from across the solar system and beyond 📡📶〰️〰️〰️🚀✨.#CDSCC #DSS43 #DeepSpaceNetwork #Sunset #Clouds #NASA #Golden

49 Years Ago This Week. In July 1976, Viking 1 touched down on Mars, sending back humanity's first high resolution images of another world. from the bushland of Tidbinbilla, our antenna DSS43 - Ballima - 'very far away' in Ngunnawal, reached across space to hear its call 📡

For school holidays, in addition to Saturdays and Sundays, we're open Thursday and Friday 10th and 11th July and Thursday and Friday 17th and 18th July, from 10 am to 4 pm. We hope you can visit! #WinterSchoolHolidays #JulySchoolHolidays #CanberraSchoolHolidays #SchoolHolidays

DSS43 tracking beneath a snowy Brindabella skyline - a winter sentinel of space ❄️📡.#DSS43 #CDSCC #DeepSpaceNetwork #Brindabellas #SpaceInWinter #NASA #CanberraSnow #Snow #Brrr

RT @MarsCuriosity: Some folks hike for the views, but I hike for the history. I’ve been climbing Mount Sharp since 2014, reading layers of….

Exciting times ahead as we prepare to install this giant L-band feedhorn onto the receiver cones of our 70m antenna! This crucial component will enhance our capabilities in radio astronomy, allowing us to explore the universe like never before. Stay tuned for more updates!.📡〰️🌌

A bit of sunshine between the rain while #DSS43 is communicating with @NASAVoyager2. 🌏📡〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️<|)[]

We’ve broken ground for a new antenna, #DSS33 📡.Find out more: (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)

Good news: we're open some extra days in the upcoming Easter school holidays. In addition to Saturday and Sundays, we're open Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th April and Thursday 24th, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April, 10am to 4pm. We are closed ANZAC Day.

Always great to see Australians working on the international space-stage. Bet they had something in their eyes 🥹 when they saw that photo of our nation smiling back at them.🌏🇦🇺.“Aussie Aussie Aussie!”.“Space Space Space!”.#BGM1 📡🚀🌗.

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:

BREAKING NEWS FROM BENNU! .Samples from asteroid #Bennu contain carbon-based molecules and amino acids-the building blocks of life. These materials could reveal clues about the chemistry that shaped our solar system and how life’s ingredients may have reached Earth. #OSIRISREx.

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

🎶’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.📡

WE ARE OPEN!.Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm. Entry is free.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, unfortunately our visitor centre will be closed on Wed.22nd and Thurs.23rd January. We deeply apologise for the inconvenience. We will be open again on Fri.24th and then back to 10am-4pm Tues to Sun. NB: Closed on Mon.27th public holiday.

#ThanksIngenuity 🚁❤️.

Congratulations @ISRO on the successful docking by the #SPADExMission. 🛰️🛰️ #GiantLeaps

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