Components of a NASA technology that could one day help crew and cargo enter harsh planetary environments, like that of…

Written by Daniel Boyette In the vacuum of space, where temperatures can plunge to minus 455 degrees Fahrenheit, it might…

Many of the conveniences we have on Earth are still being developed to work in space. For example, we can…

A trio of suitcase-size rovers and their base station have been carefully wrapped up and shipped off to join the…

If you tell Lauren Best Ameen something is hard and cannot be done, she will likely reply, “Watch me.”   As…

One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA…

As NASA continues to innovate for the benefit of humanity, agency inventions that use new structures to harness sunlight for…

NASA’s LCOT (Low-Cost Optical Terminal), a ground station made of modified commercial hardware, transmitted its first laser communications uplink to…

The Deep Space Optical Communications tech demo has completed several key milestones, culminating in sending a signal to Mars’ farthest…

NASA’s TBIRD (TeraByte InfraRed Delivery) demonstration and its host spacecraft — the PTD-3 (Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator-3) — have completed their…

Now that its reflective sail has deployed fully open in orbit, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System can be seen in the…

The powerhouse of Gateway, NASA’s orbiting outpost around the Moon and a critical piece of infrastructure for Artemis, is in…

A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space…

Using NASA’s first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system, pictures and videos of cherished pets flew through space over laser communications…

By Daniel Boyette Advanced space nuclear propulsion systems are critical to NASA’s Moon to Mars vision. On May 15, one…