NASCOM
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The NASA Communications System manages terrestrial communications between ground stations, mission control centers, and other elements of spacecraft ground segments. Established in 1964, NASCOM provid
NASCOM control center in 2011
Manned Space Flight Network
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The Manned Space Flight Network is a set of tracking stations that was built to support the American Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab space programs.
NASCOM
…NASCOM tied together NASA's three tracking and acquisition networks at the time: the Spacecraft Tracking and Data Acquisition Network (STADAN), the Manned Space Flight Network (MSFN), and the Deep Space Network (DSN). Crewed missions, beginning with Project Mercury in 1958, demanded a real-time voice circuit in addition to…
Project Mercury MSFN stations
Recreation of Mercury Control Center
Maspalomas, Gran Canaria
Woomera in 1964