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Lincoln Laboratory laser communications terminal launches on historic Artemis II Moon mission

April 1, 2026

The first use of laser communications on a crewed mission will be demonstrated as high-definition video and data are sent from the lunar vicinity to Earth.

The words Civil Space written in the middle of a dark image of the Earth and Moon in space.
Lab Happenings

Laboratory hosts second annual Civil Space Tech Expo

October 14, 2025
At Kennedy Space Center, Laboratory staff members Justin Dunbeck (left) and Steven Constantine unpack and examine the Optical Communications System payload for NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon. Photo: NASA/Glenn Benson.

First communications user terminal demonstrated in two-way laser relay prepares for Moon flyby

October 18, 2024
An artist's rendition of a satellite carrying a laser communications payload above the Earth in low Earth orbit.
In the Media

NASA’s record-breaking laser demo completes mission

September 25, 2024
NASA
Two people talk at a poster presentation session.

Lincoln Laboratory hosts 14th annual Communications Workshop

August 19, 2024
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launched in October 2023 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

Deep-space camera sends farthest optical communications link yet

June 17, 2024
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.

ILLUMA-T launches to the International Space Station

November 9, 2023
A photo of Eric Swanson, David Huang, and James Fujimoto with President Biden, smiling with medals around their necks.
Awards
In the Media

Eric Swanson receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation

November 2, 2023
Seven individuals stand with a portable armature holding a laser-based ultrasound system.

Laser-based system achieves noncontact medical ultrasound imaging

August 21, 2023
Three people examine an optical communications payload at Kennedy Space Center.
In the Media

NASA laser communications terminal delivered for Artemis II moon mission

June 13, 2023
NASA
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