Making the network go "pew pew" NASA picked up a laser signal fired from an instrument that launched with the Psyche spacecraft, which is currently more than 16 million kilometres from Earth and ...

Taters the cat is the star of a new video that NASA streamed back to Earth using a high powered laser from a record-setting 19 million miles away. NASA advisor Dr. Paul Sutter explains how the laser ...

An experimental test of laser communications riding along with the Psyche mission has sent back its first data, in a demonstration of the use of laser communications for deep space missions. The Deep ...

Nasa has successfully sent a laser signal about 290 million miles, smashing previous records and potentially transforming our exploration of the solar system. The milestone was reached by Nasa’s Deep ...

NASA is currently eyeing the creation of advanced, scalable, and affordable laser communications systems with the help of small businesses and private industry partners under Artemis. According to ...

The final piece to NASA's first two-way laser communication relay system will soon launch to the International Space Station (ISS). The ILLUMA-T terminal, which is about the size of a large chest, ...

Fast communications could speed up science on the asteroid mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A NASA laser just fired ...

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) demonstration has completed its final pass, although there is a chance the system might be reactivated in the second half of 2026.… Carried aboard ...

Harnessing laser beams, ILLUMA-T is expected to transmit information at the rate of a respectable internet connection. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

NASA used a laser for the first time to stream a video of an orange cat back to Earth from nearly 19 million miles away, the space agency announced Monday. The ultra-high definition 15-second video, ...