The new system, known as the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications system, or O2O, will allow astronauts aboard Orion to ...

When four astronauts fly around the Moon aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Artemis II, they are slated to carry a laser ...

Attached to the Orion spacecraft is a key piece of technology developed over decades in Lexington, Massachusetts.

NASA says its Artemis II mission will carry a laser communications terminal built by MIT Lincoln Laboratory aboard the Orion ...

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, planned to launch on April 1, 2026, will test the powerful SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, high-speed ...

Traveling to the moon presents significant communication challenges. Astronauts cannot simply use their cell phones to FaceTime with NASA, and the farther away they are from Earth, the more difficult ...

Scientists at the European Space Agency used a laser to communicate with a spacecraft 165 million miles (265 million kilometers) away in deep space for the first time, marking a major step forward in ...

The Qube research satellite to test quantum key distribution launched Aug. 16 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. Credit: Zentrum Fur Telematik Credit: Center for Telematics, Wurzburg Quantum Key ...

Laser communication promises data rates in the gigabit to terabit range—significantly higher than conventional wireless connections. Europe wants to expand its expertise in this field and install its ...

Kyocera demonstrated a breakthrough in underwater wireless optical communication, achieving speeds of 5.2 Gbps using laser technology. This system is 2.5 times faster than conventional methods, ...