The Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, spacecraft is pictured after its atmospheric re-entry test in November 2022. Credit: NASA / Greg Swanson The Low-Earth Orbit ...
After Wednesday’s scrub due to weather, NASA and SpaceX have targeted Saturday, May 30, for the next launch attempt for the Demo-2 mission. Demo-2 is the first launch of astronauts on an American ...
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The Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration aboard NASA’s outbound Psyche mission spacecraft has transmitted engineering data at a rate comparable to internet download speeds, ...
The ILLUMA-T laser communications system. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA intends to advance space laser communications and Earth atmospheric monitoring with new science and technology endeavors in an ...
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The use of invisible lasers in space may sound like something from science fiction, but it's real. NASA's upcoming Laser Communications Relay Demonstration could revolutionize the way the agency ...
Blue Origin launched its huge New Glenn rocket Thursday with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars. It was only the ...
Blue Origin also successfully landed the New Glenn booster back to Earth, a key feature for the reusable rocket that will ...
Everyone knows that the most important part of a tech demo is to make the right impression, and the team over at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) definitely had this part nailed down when they ...
The mission commenced at 3:55 p.m. EST on November 13, departing from the Florida coast at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...
The use of invisible lasers in space may sound like something from science fiction, but it's real. NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration could revolutionize the way the agency communicates ...