NASA is developing a trailblazing, long-term technology demonstration of what could become the high-speed internet of the sky. The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will help NASA ...

NASA's next laser communications mission will launch early Sunday morning. The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will lift off on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket during a ...

Our televisions and computer screens display news, movies, and shows in high-definition, allowing viewers a clear and vibrant experience. Fiber optic connections send laser light densely packed with ...

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and a NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun’s radiation lifted off at 5:19 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The ...

PARIS — NASA is investing $230 million in an experiment to test laser optical communications between a geostationary-orbiting satellite and a NASA ground terminal in the United States in an unusual ...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it has delivered a free-space optical modem as part of the Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration ...

Back in May 2023 news broke of the American space agency achieving an important milestone when it comes to space-to-Earth communications: it managed to send back from orbit a staggering 200 gigabits ...

Editor's Note: In this weekly series, SPACE.com explores how technology drives space exploration and discovery. Since the dawn of the space age, NASA probes have beamed data home to Earth using ...

Artemis 2 astronauts will be testing out laser communications around the moon to enable faster transmission of images and video. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is taking a step toward the next era of space communications with the launch of its Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) on Sunday, Dec. 5.