Galaxy News Radio ( quest ) Galaxy News Radio is a main quest in " Fallout 3 " . It is also an achievement on the Xbox 360 and PC ; and a bronze trophy on the PlayStation 3 . The quest involves retrieving the communication relay dish from the Virgo II Spacecraft in the Museum of Technology and installing it at the top of the Washington Monument . Detailed walkthrough . Quest start . The quest may be given immediately after meeting Three Dog . Commonly , completing the Megaton portion of the main storyline quest Following in His Footsteps , Three Dog will offer you information about your father , in exchange for restoring the satellite relay dish for Galaxy News Radio . Accepting his offer to start the quest immediately , or failing the speech check , begins the quest on those terms . Succeeding at the speech check makes this an optional quest , with the reward being the location of a weapons cache . The cache still exists if Three Dog does not give the information , and its location is near that of the Blood Ties quest , which can be started in Megaton . Find the Museum of Technology . Three Dog will give directions to ( place map markers for ) the Museum of Technology and the Washington Monument . A door leading north in the Galaxy News Radio building leads downstairs , with a one - way door to the northern section of Dupont Circle and the Metro Junction entrance ; the Metro is the only access to the museum and the monument . There is a quicker southern route to the objective as well ( see notes ) , particularly suitable for those who pass the speech check . Retrieve the Communication Relay Dish . Inside the Museum of Technology you need to find the Virgo II lunar lander , which is located in the west wing of the building . You can obtain this information from a terminal in the atrium to the right of the entrance when you come in . Note however that the place is crawling with super mutants . Your goal is to reach the west wing going through the Vault - Tec demonstration vault , upstairs . You can also attempt retrieving Jiggs ' loot using the museum information terminal in the atrium . In the west wing , locate the Virgo II lunar lander . The west wing is divided into 3 areas : the Planetarium , the Delta IX Exhibition , and the Virgo II Exhibition . Be ready for a fight as all these areas are patrolled in some way by super mutants . You need either a Science skill of 25 or Lockpick skill of 50 to get through the Planetarium . So if you do not have those stats it ' s recommended that you go through the Delta IX rocket exhibit . Once you ' ve found the lander and cleared all hostiles , grab the dish by interacting with the lander and make your way to the exit ; note that you must aim your crosshairs at the dish , not just any part of the lander , for this to work . Safe passage . If you are doing the main quest in order without going for supplies then you may be a bit underleveled , especially if you are playing on normal or higher . Even if this is the case , it is still possible to get to the Museum of Technology relatively unharmed . Opposite the GNR plaza is a building ( which if you followed Sarah Lyons you would have already been through ) . Sitting on one of the windows is a hunting rifle and some ammunition , which is all you will need . Head out through the back door to Dupont Circle and straight across the street to the Metro Junction . Travel through this area , killing the feral ghoul s ( which only require 2 headshots on normal ) . Once exiting , there will be a feral ghoul and a feral ghoul roamer which carries a blue pass card . Down the road , you will see a raider camp which makes the journey quite a lot harder than it should be . Luckily however , there are some ghouls near the next metro station which you can easily lure back to engage in combat with the raiders , buying you an excellent distraction . Head into Dupont Circle station ( in sneak ) to engage in battle with 2 super mutant s . The best way to go about this is run straight across ( taking some damage ) and open then close the doors you need to go through . This will stall the super mutants and get you just enough time to run straight through the small raider camp and maybe even make the two parties engage in battle . If you focus on the mutants during the battle , then you will have to deal with them for a shorter time ( it ' s a given that the raider will die ) . If you have a Stealth Boy ( possibly from the super mutant behemoth killed earlier ) you can also use it to evade the mutants . After passing through the railroads , there ' s a small enclosure with a raider , but also some valuable first aid supplies . You ' ll come to a dungeon with a large amount of raiders . If you have 50 Science you can hack the terminal to change the nearby turret ' s trajectory , killing a few of the raiders . If not , you ' ll have to either kill them all or sneak past them . After this you will come to an utility gate with a ( hopefully ) injured raider which you can easily take out . Head on into Metro Central . You ' ll come upon two raiders against two ghouls . Run straight past them into the station . Turn right immediately and just run straight down the tunnels . Ghouls will try to attack you , but it ' s not very hard to outrun them and they usually stop chasing you about halfway down . You ' ll run into a pack of vicious dog s but you can usually just run straight to the museum station . There is a feral ghoul roamer in here . He ' s on the stairs leading to the entrance . Sometimes he will glitch through the floor to attack the raider above him which he will usually kill . If not , you ' ll need to kill him as it ' s quite hard to get past him . The easiest way to kill him is to activate the switch , then use the pool table as a blockade between you while pumping him with headshots . Either way , activate the electrical switch to open the floor . Make sure to grab the Grognak the Barbarian on the table before heading into the tunnels . Be careful here , as there is a raider with a 10mm submachine gun a bit further into the tunnel , and can easily make mincemeat out of you while trying to attack him . Use the pillar as cover to avoid his shots and attack when you can . You can avoid the last few enemies by running up the escalator and exiting the station . The museum is almost directly to your right after you exit the station . Be careful as there are several super mutants in the area , so it ' s best to cut directly into the museum . Find the Washington Monument . Exit the museum and head west for the Washington Monument . It is also in The Mall area and can be seen from the entrance of the Museum of Technology as a giant obelisk . There are Brotherhood guards stationed there and you ' ll need to use the terminal to open the security doors . The password is given to you in your notes at the beginning of the quest . Take the elevator to the top and interact with the radio equipment to install the dish . Finally , return to Three Dog at Galaxy News Radio to finish the quest . Behind the scenes . After the relay has been repaired , Three Dog makes a one - off broadcast which includes the phrase " you can ' t stop the signal . " This is a tagline of Mr . Universe from the 2005 sci - fi movie " Serenity " . Mr . Universe broadcasts the truth , whether pleasant or not . This is similar to Three Dog fighting the " good fight " .