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A NASA spacecraft with a callout to a laser communications system.
In the Media

NASA laser terminal enhances views during Artemis II mission

April 28, 2026
NASA Laser Terminal Enhances Views During Artemis II Mission
An artist visualizes a laser communications terminal sending data over infrared light links.
In the Media

How Artemis II is beaming back stunning video from the moon

April 5, 2026
How Artemis II is beaming back stunning video from the moon
A spacecraft launches.

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

April 1, 2026
A photo of a quantum chip with MIT etched into metal.
In the Media

Leading quantum at an inflection point

November 17, 2025
MIT News
An aircraft sits on the ground.

Saab 340 becomes permanent flight-test asset at Lincoln Laboratory

September 23, 2025
A zoomed-in optical image of multiple integrated circuits.
Awards

Lincoln Laboratory technologies win seven R&D 100 Awards for 2025

September 4, 2025
The exterior main entrance of MIT Lincoln Laboratory is shown with a radar antenna in the background.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is a workhorse for national security

April 11, 2025
A simulated image of a black hole's photon ring.

TBIRD technology could help image black holes' photon rings

November 6, 2024
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
A payload shown above the Gulf of California, just after it was jettisoned by a robotic arm from the International Space Station into orbit.
In the Media

Lift-off for space lasers

October 1, 2024
Optics & Photonics News
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