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A computer-generated image of the AXIS telescope in space.
In the Media

AXIS mission selected as NASA Astrophysics Probe competition finalist

October 29, 2024
MIT News
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
Commemorative photograph with the Children's Selection Committee members.
In the Media

"Torifune" is the new name for asteroid 2001 CC21

October 1, 2024
Hayabusa Project
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
a photo of an integrated circuit package
Awards

Fifteen Lincoln Laboratory technologies receive R&D 100 Awards

September 12, 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 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.
In the Media

NASA's laser relay system sends pet imagery to, from Space Station

June 10, 2024
NASA
two scientists sit at a desk in front of two computer screens; the screens show radar images of tornadoes.

An AI dataset carves new paths to tornado detection

April 16, 2024
an illustration showing the ocean, leading to shore and a city, and clouds. Red lines in the sky indicate the planetary boundary layer

Using deep learning to image Earth's planetary boundary layer

April 5, 2024
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
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