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Deep Space Network - Telecommunications
A lithograph is available featuring an illustration of the large 70-meter antenna and a close up of a man working on the antenna for size comparison. The reverse side describes how the Deep Space Network provides two-way communication with spacecraft traveling across the immense distances of space.

Deep Space Network - Radio Astronomy
A lithograph has been published featuring Radio Astronomy and the role of the DSN in exploring the Universe using radio waves. The colored illustrations on the front show radio images of a galaxy and of Jupiter's radiation belts. The reverse side describes how we can use radio astronomy to further our understanding of the Solar System and the Universe.

Bringing Images from Space
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) brings us unforgettable images of space. Especially exciting are the pictures taken by spacecraft orbiting distant planets or flying across the solar system, such as missions to Mars and the Galileo mission to Jupiter. This long-distance photography involves three complex steps - taking the picture, getting the picture, and making the picture. To obtain this information in a four-fold flyer, Email us and provide your name, the name of your school, and a mailing address where a copy can be sent to you.

Speaking in Phases - a Classroom Activity
How do spacecraft put actual information into the radio signals they send back to Earth? Beat out rhythms on drums or desks and send messages using the same principles used in space exploration. Click to obtain a printable PDF file. Published with permission of JPL's "Space Place" and the International Technology Teachers Association.

GAVRT
(Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope)
Control a radio telescope from the classroom!

GAVRT teaches students to use radio astronomy; to control a huge antenna, and to collect science data from objects in the universe at which the antenna is pointed. GAVRT trains teachers, provides curriculum, and supports classroom implementation. GAVRT uses the Internet to connect students to Mission Control and the antenna. Students are actively involved in handling data for real science applications.

GAVRT Video
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GAVRT Fact Sheet

GAVRT Home Page

For more activities for students and teachers from other JPL missions and programs, visit the JPL Education Office.

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