NASA's Near Space Network

NASA's Near Space Network delivers critical communications and navigation services to missions observing the Earth , studying the Sun , and exploring the Moon and beyond . Through our network , spacecraft can send different types of data back to Earth , anything from an astronaut talking to mission control , a science image of a neutron star , and so much more .

This Earth - space connection , known as Space Communications and Navigation , connects missions out to 2,000,000 kilometers away with scientists .