NASA has a new trick up its sleeve for space communication. In July 2024, the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration beamed a laser signal to the Psyche spacecraft, which ...

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon's surface—a momentous engineering and science feat marked ...

NASA has reached a new milestone in space exploration ... Two ground stations, one at the Palomar Observatory and the other at Table Mountain, facilitated this laser communication test. These stations ...

The Israeli military has confirmed that they are conducting strikes on military targets in Iran, after a series of strong explosions have been heard around Tehran, according to Iran's state TV. NBC ...

The recent success of NASA's laser communication test represents a paradigm shift in space technology. Traditionally, space missions have relied on radio frequencies for communication. However, ...

NASA is experimenting with Invisible beams of light to transmit data to Earth, which can pack 10 to 100 times more ...

In 2009, she came to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as ... that came down to me is that we only want to climb the mountain, not to have to carry it. The amount of energy that I’ve spent ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is depicted receiving a laser signal from the Deep Space Optical Communications uplink ground station at JPL’s Table Mountain Facility in this artist’s concept. The DSOC ...

Ken Stone passed away on October 21, 2024, at the age of 82 with his wife, Nancy, by his side. He was embraced by a loving ...

NASA just fired up its cosmic laser pointer and hit a bullseye ... Caltech's massive 200-inch Hale Telescope serves as the downlink receiver, while JPL's Table Mountain facility handles uplink duties ...