Precision Pointing Goes the Distance on NASA Experiment
One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40 times farther than our Moon. That’s like us...
- armstrong flight research center
- deep space optical communications (dsoc)
- flight opportunities program
- game changing development program
- international space station (iss)
Source: NASA
One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40 times farther than our Moon. That’s like using a laser pointer to track a moving dime from a mile away. That’s pretty precise. That laser — transmitted […]