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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
a photo of a 3d printer nozzle extriding material onto a piece of glass.

3D-printed shielding can help protect satellites from radiation damage

March 28, 2022
an image from a satellite taken of earth; antarctica at the bottom is colored blue, and color ranges through yellow, orange, and red up near the equator
In the Media

NASA’s TROPICS Pathfinder satellite produces global first light images and captures Hurricane Ida

September 13, 2021
NASA
A small satelitte photographed against a white background. About , about 10 cm X 10 cm X 36 cm in size, it consists of a small solar panel array, connected to the satellite bus standing upright, topped with a golden cube.

Pathfinder satellite paves way for constellation of tropical-storm observers

June 30, 2021
Six small satllite buses (about size of loaf of bread) are photographed against a white background.
In the Media

Tiny satellites could help warn of the next big hurricane

June 27, 2021
Wired
NASA will use telescope arrays at Table Mountain, Calif., and White Sands, N.M. to send and receive signals to Orion’s optical communications system. Photo: Robert Lafon / NASA
In the Media

Lunar Pioneers Will Use Lasers to Phone Home

July 22, 2019
IEEE Spectrum
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