NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment also interfaced with the Psyche spacecraft’s communication system for the first time, transmitting engineering…

By Daniel Boyette Jeremy Kenny squinted his eyes as he looked toward the brilliant light. Then came the deafening sound…

As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign to return humans to the Moon for the benefit of all, the agency is…

By Wayne Smith In his youth, NASA technologist Les Johnson was riveted by the 1974 novel “The Mote in God’s…

Capable of receiving both radio frequency and optical signals, the DSN’s hybrid antenna has tracked and decoded the downlink laser…

Editor’s note, Feb. 6, 2024: This article has been updated to clarify that the Radio Frequency Mass Gauge estimates how much…

NASA is wrapping up the initial phase of its Fission Surface Power Project, which focused on developing concept designs for a…

Establishing sustained operations at the Moon and Mars presents a multitude of opportunities and challenges NASA has yet to encounter.…

The video, featuring a cat named Taters, was sent back from nearly 19 million miles away by NASA’s laser communications…

A NASA technology experiment on the International Space Station completed its first laser link with an in-orbit laser relay system…

The mission team has celebrated several successes since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 13. The latest is…

A little more than a year ago, a NASA flight test article came screaming back from space at more than…

DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from…

The blue hue of the Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) is seen inside a vacuum chamber at NASA’s Glenn Research…

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on its voyage to an asteroid of the same name, a metal-rich world that could tell…