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 ...

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 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's first two-way and end-to-end laser relay system can send cute pets to space, although not physically. Hooman astronauts Randy Bresnik, Christina Koch, Kjell Lindgren, and other NASA personnel ...

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 ...

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 ...