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![A collage of pet photos — including cats, dogs, birds, and rabbits — overlaid on Earth with laser links between Earth and a communications terminal on the International Space Station.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2024-06/pet-article-image-1-1.png?itok=jud1lY61)
![A laser communications terminal approximately the size of a standard refrigerator sits in a cleanroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-12/ILLUMA-T.jpeg?itok=n8vn1i8Y)
![A schematic of a laser communications terminal onboard the International Space Station transmitting data over laser signals to a smaller satellite at a higher altitude; this satellite then relays the data to Earth.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-11/ILLUMA-T_to_LCRD.jpeg?itok=aFZl3fnY)
November 9, 2023
![An up-close of a quantum repeater module mounted on a gold-plated copper assembly and connected to green printed circuit boards, with optical fibers routed up.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-09/Quantum%20repeater_527748%20-13.jpg?h=41f55a5b&itok=x70Ka2qS)
September 11, 2023
![A piece of hardware showing a copper mount with integrated circuit components bonded to it](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-09/527748%20-13.jpg?itok=y27dGBnE)
![Three people examine an optical communications payload at Kennedy Space Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2023-06/o2o_at_ksc_5.jpg?itok=q6gNk4X4)
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June 13, 2023
![An illustration of data being sent across a laser from a small satellite to a ground station on Earth.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2022-11/tbird_conops_public_notext.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=qp_Ti0vK)
November 8, 2022
![This rendering shows a novel piece of hardware, called a smart transceiver, that uses technology known as silicon photonics to dramatically accelerate one of the most memory-intensive steps of running a machine-learning model.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2022-10/MIT-delocalized-learning-01-press_0.jpg?itok=ei512JCg)
![A person with a protective gown and gloves holds a large wafer of integrated circuits. the wafer is vividly multicolored.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2021-10/515915001D.jpg?itok=4gPKKm9D)
![This is a photo of a CubeSatpayload application of the TBIRD technology.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/news/image/2020-10/TBIRD%20-%20CubeSat%20Image.png?itok=7Jhh6bxW)
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is open.
Hanscom Air Force Base has declared Force Protection Condition Bravo.