ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Space Network

Hi there! So let me explain what a space network is. You know how when you want to talk to someone who is far away, you use a phone? A space network is kind of like that, but it's for communicating with things in space like satellites, rovers, and astronauts on the International Space Station.

To make this possible, NASA and other space agencies have put a bunch of communication satellites up in orbit around the Earth. These satellites are like big cell phone towers in the sky that can send and receive signals from all sorts of spaceships and equipment.

The space network is really important because it allows scientists and engineers to control and monitor things like rovers on Mars, telescopes that study the stars, and even the Hubble Space Telescope. Without the space network, we wouldn't be able to easily communicate with all of the things we have sent up into space.

So that's it! A space network is like a big phone system in space that helps us stay in touch with all of the cool things we've sent up there.