Goldstone's DSN Antenna Offline Through May for Major Upgrades

NASA says the DSS-14 70-meter antenna at Goldstone is offline after last fall’s damage and will not return until May 1, with a long upgrade planned for 2026–2028; in the meantime, DSN relies on DSS-13 and a Green Bank bistatic radar setup. Artemis 2’s upcoming flight will increase DSN demand, driving infrastructure upgrades to improve resilience for future missions and ongoing planetary radar work (e.g., asteroid characterization such as Apophis).