The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications demonstration, marking a historic milestone. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video on Dec. 11 from a record-setting 19 million miles away (31 million kilometers, or about 80 times the […]
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Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Psyche Mission, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Operations Mission Directorate, Space Technology Mission Directorate, Tech Demo Missions
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December 18, 2023
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