NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) experiment made history yesterday as it beamed data back to Earth from lunar orbit at previously unheard of speed for a space mission. Operating ...

Lasers are indisputably awesome, and NASA just made them a little more so by zapping a record-breaking 622 Mb of data per second between the moon and earth as a part of its Lunar Laser Communications ...

When you Skype future lunar colonists, chances are you'll have a great connection. NASA has set a new record for data transmission to and from a spacecraft orbiting the moon, beaming info 239,000 ...

They set their phasers to "chat." NASA used laser beams to transfer data over the 239,000 miles to and from the moon at a record breaking 622 megabits per second (Mbps), the space agency just ...

This week, NASA released the results of its Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration’s (LLCD) 30-day test carried out by its Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) that is currently in ...

Deep space can be a lonely place. But what if astronauts could beam their favourite HD videos from Earth? Or create their own 3D films for us to see? That's exactly what Nasa hopes to achieve by ...

Orbiting high over the lunar surface is LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, with a mission to probe the moon's exosphere and dust clouds. It will take readings using a number of ...

If you thought your high-speed Internet was fast, think again. NASA has set a new speed record for data transmission in space, beaming information to and from the LADEE probe some 380,000 kilometers ...

A new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber optic networks on Earth. A new ...

NASA is preparing to launch the Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration (LLCD), a testbed that will use lasers to send and receive data between Earth and the Moon. This will be the first time that ...

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) succeeded in experiments on laser communication which will be the next generation space communication technology. It records speeds of up to 622 ...

NASA’s new Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE, mission, which is scheduled to be launched on Sept. 6 will attempt to show that two-way laser communication beyond Earth is ...