Antenna Chamber

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NASA Goddard’s ‘Spiky’ Antenna Chamber: Signaling Success for 50 Years

Rows upon rows of cobalt-blue spires in Goddard’s antenna chamber evoke a soundproof room from a recording studio. Much like laying down tracks on a hit album, this testing facility ensures clean takes for NASA missions’ antennas and their data transmissions. The ElectroMagnetic Anechoic Chamber, GEMAC for short, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has been a…