Launching this summer, NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will showcase the dynamic powers of laser communications technologies. With NASA’s ever-increasing human and robotic ...

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, ...

A collage of the pet photos sent over laser links from Earth to LCRD (Laser Communications Relay Demonstration) to ILLUMA-T (Integrated LCRD Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal) on the ...

NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Christina Koch, and Kjell Lindgren, and other NASA employees recently sent images and videos of their pets to the International Space Station (ISS) via the agency’s ...

A NASA technology experiment on the International Space Station completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system on Dec. 5, 2023. Together, they complete NASA's first two-way, end-to ...

There are many things a mission to space will not succeed without, and one of them is a communication system. For instance, although you'd think there's little anyone here on Earth could do to save a ...