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  "description": "NASA and other international space agencies have deployed technologies that, in the future, are expected to eliminate communication blackouts.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T20:17:51.000Z",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, April 6, 2026 – When Apollo 17 astronauts spoke to Mission Control from the lunar surface in December 1972, their voices traveled on S-band radio waves at roughly 2.3 GigaHertz (GHz) — a frequency family NASA had chosen for its ability to punch through the atmosphere and deliver voice, telemetry, television and ranging data in a single unified link.\n\nMore than 53 years later, the four Artemis II astronauts now circling the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft are still using those same airwaves in the radio-frequency spectrum.\n\nThe moon is now filling the astronauts’ windows as on Monday they kicked off their lunar flyby, taking and communicating with mission control their views of the far side never before witnessed.\n\nLearn more about the Broadband Community...\n\n\n                            Start Your Broadband Journey Here\n                        \n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Broadband from the Moon: How Artemis II Pushes NASA Beyond Apollo’s Radio Frequencies",
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