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A laser communications terminal approximately the size of a standard refrigerator sits in a cleanroom.
In the Media

NASA’s space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

December 13, 2023
NASA
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 a sensor
In the Media

New X-ray detectors to provide unprecedented vision of the invisible universe

August 30, 2023
NASA SCIENCE
A close up photo of an integrated circuit board with connected wires.
In the Media

How new atomic clocks could help in search for dark matter — and beyond

July 25, 2023
FERMILAB
Four colored images show structural changes within Hurricane Adrian as the storm intensified.
In the Media

NASA's TROPICS offers multiple views of intensifying hurricanes

July 21, 2023
NASA
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
A satellite with a happy birthday hat flies through space.
In the Media

TESS celebrates its fifth “launchiversary”

April 20, 2023
MIT TESS News
An illustration of data being sent across a laser from a small satellite to a ground station on Earth.

Communications system achieves fastest laser link from space yet

November 8, 2022
A small commercial drone outfitted with four toroidal propellers (each propeller looks like two loops, made of plastic).
Awards

Six Lincoln Laboratory inventions win R&D 100 Awards

September 8, 2022
a technician loads a reticle (a kind of optical blueprint) into the 193-nm lithography tool used in the sensor production process.
In the Media

How did black holes shape the cosmos? Fast, low-noise X-ray sensors may provide the answer

August 17, 2022
NASA Science
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