The O2O system could send more data to Earth than ever before, NASA says.

The mission will mark NASA's first crewed test of laser communications in lunar orbit. O2O will use infrared light instead of radio frequencies to transmit voice, ...

NASA's Artemis II mission will transport four astronauts around the moon, bringing the agency one step closer to sending the ...

American space agency NASA is preparing the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network to keep in touch with the Artemis II astronauts.

a prototype of the Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, ground receiver detector built by the Microdevices Laboratory at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. NASA’s Deep ...

NASA is experimenting with Invisible beams of light to transmit data to Earth, which can pack 10 to 100 times more information than radio waves. Reading time 4 minutes In December 2023, a tiny, ...

The Kepler Network aims to streamline on-orbit communications with a network infrastructure designed to act as Internet exchange points (IXP) for space-to-space data relay. Credit: Kepler ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...

Transcelestial, a startup developing optical communications technologies, has signed an agreement with Gilmour Space Technologies.

From new telescopes going online to another mission to the Moon, NASA has a lot of big changes coming in 2026. Here are some ...