a prototype of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, ground receiver detector built by the Microdevices Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. NASA’s Deep ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...

NASA is experimenting with Invisible beams of light to transmit data to Earth, which can pack 10 to 100 times more information than radio waves. Reading time 4 minutes In December 2023, a tiny, ...

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, a groundbreaking lunar laser communications test is set to take place, signaling a new era of space data transmission. This collaboration with The ...

Let’s think of the last time you sent data without wires. We’re not talking WiFi here, but plain optical signals. Free-space optical communication, or FSO, is an interesting and easy way to transmit ...

Pushing the envelope: NASA is boldly going where no one has gone before with laser communications. The space agency's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment hitched a ride on the Psyche asteroid ...

Measurement data of the power, or “fluency,” of the connection between NASA’s LCOT (Low-Cost Optical Terminal) laser beacon and TBIRD’s (TeraByte Infrared Delivery) receiver provided by Massachusetts ...

Four parties will verify bidirectional communication by equipping optical wireless communication devices on Low Earth Orbit satellites and HAPS. The National Institute of Information and ...

NASA’s Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the Moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the first astronauts to Mars. Throughout Artemis II, astronaut voice, images, ...