In comparison, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) can manage [PDF] around 0.5 Mbps at a maximum distance from Earth ...

A’s Legacy Go Operational? -In 2004, NASA’s X-43A set the air-breathing speed record at Mach 9.6, validating scramjet combustion but only for 10 seconds before gliding to splashdown. -The demo ended ...

The project has exceeded all of its technical goals after two years, setting up the foundations of high-speed communications for NASA’s future human missions to Mars.

Final tests of NASA's laser beam communication technology suggests we'll soon have a new way to keep in touch with astronauts ...

On December 11th, 2023, the demonstration achieved a historic first by streaming an ultra-high-definition video to Earth from over 19 million miles away (about 80 times the distance between Earth and ...

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 ...

Artist's concept of Bard. Credit: York Space Systems NASA launched its Bard spacecraft mission on July 23 to demonstrate interoperability between government and commercial satellite relay networks.

CAPE CANAVERAL—In one of his first decisions since joining NASA, newly named administrator Jim Bridenstine has opted to add a small autonomous helicopter to the Mars 2020 mission, a somewhat ...

The four members of the SpaceX Crew-10 mission are set to climb aboard the Crew Dragon Endurance and depart the International Space Station on Friday evening for an overnight trip back to Earth. NASA ...

Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane is facing an identity crisis after NASA changed contract terms to remove its guarantee ...

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications technology has successfully shown that data encoded in lasers can be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded after traveling millions of miles from Earth ...