The new system, known as the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications system, or O2O, will allow astronauts aboard Orion to ...

Since the Apollo missions in the late 1960s, NASA has relied on radio frequencies to communicate with astronauts in space. The Artemis II mission is the first time astronauts will have a chance to use ...

Scottish start-up and Fraunhofer UK prove real-world practicality of PCSEL technology, enabling secure, long distance, ...

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, a groundbreaking lunar laser communications test is set to take place, signaling a new era of space data transmission. This collaboration with The ...

The rapid growth of satellite constellations has placed unprecedented pressure on the infrastructure connecting spacecraft to Earth. In a recent interview, Laurynas Mačiulis, Chief Executive Officer ...

NASA says its Artemis II mission will carry a laser communications terminal built by MIT Lincoln Laboratory aboard the Orion ...

Traveling to the moon presents significant communication challenges. Astronauts cannot simply use their cell phones to FaceTime with NASA, and the farther away they are from Earth, the more difficult ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — BlueHalo, the company transforming the future of global defense through mission-critical innovation in the space domain, today announced the successful ...

The Qube research satellite to test quantum key distribution launched Aug. 16 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. Credit: Zentrum Fur Telematik Credit: Center for Telematics, Wurzburg Quantum Key ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...

Laser communication promises data rates in the gigabit to terabit range—significantly higher than conventional wireless connections. Europe wants to expand its expertise in this field and install its ...