"NASA's Laser Message:
Galactic Greetings from 10 Million Miles!"
NASA's Psyche mission
achieves a milestone with successful laser communication demo.
Deep Space Optical
Communications (DSOC) on board Psyche aims to enhance future space mission communication.
DSOC completes
"first light" by sending and receiving data from nearly 10 million miles away.
Near-infrared
lasers used in
DSOC
offer 10 to 100 times faster data transmission than traditional radio waves.
Success could
shape future communication tech for human exploration, including potential Mars missions.
"First light"
milestone reached on November 14 during Psyche's journey to a metal asteroid.
DSOC faces challenges
, requiring coordination for successful data transmission and reception.
DSOC
demonstrates optical communication's potential for increased data transmission in deep space.
Laser communication
previously tested in space, but DSOC marks the first deep-space success.