Near Fort Irwin in San Bernardino County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Deep Space Station - 14

Commemorating 40 Years of Service to the Deep Space Network

— 1966 - 2006 —

Deep Space Station 14 Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker

1. Deep Space Station 14 Marker

Inscription. As a communication platform: Supporting space exploration beginning with the Mariner 4 mission to Mars, and through the years providing a vital link to NASA's robot explorers across the solar system, including Voyager, Mars Exploration Rovers, Casini and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

As a radio/radar telescope: Studying the nearest asteroids and planets to the distant quasars and objects in the universe.

"From the Desert to the Stars...Exploring our Solar System and Beyond"

Erected 2006.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Exploration • Science & Medicine.

Location. 35° 25.484′ N, 116° 53.262′ W. Marker is near Fort Irwin, California, in San Bernardino County. It is on Fort Irwin Road 35 miles north of Barstow. Located in the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex. Not open to the public. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Irwin CA 92310, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Los Angeles,

in the Mojave Desert,

in the Peninsular Ranges,

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and specifically in the Transverse Ranges.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Regarding Deep Space Station - 14. Another, nearly identical plaque was created for the 50th anniversary.

Additional keywords. Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, Goldstone, Antenna,