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NASA’s Deep Space Communications Demo Exceeds Project Expectations https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/tech-demo-missions-program/deep-space-optical-communications-dsoc/nasas-deep-space-communications-demo-exceeds-project-expectations/ #NASA #DeepSpaceOpticalCommunicationsDSOC #JetPropulsionLaboratory #PsycheMission #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceOperationsMissionDirectorate #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions
NASA’s Deep Space Communications Demo Exceeds Project Expectations - NASA

The project has exceeded all of its technical goals after two years, setting up the foundations of high-speed communications for NASA’s future human missions

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NASAOct 3, 2024
NASA’s Laser Comms Demo Makes Deep Space Record, Completes First Phase https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/tech-demo-missions-program/deep-space-optical-communications-dsoc/nasas-laser-comms-demo-makes-deep-space-record-completes-first-phase/ #NASA #DeepSpaceOpticalCommunicationsDSOC #JetPropulsionLaboratory #PsycheMission #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceOperationsMissionDirectorate #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions
NASA’s Laser Comms Demo Makes Deep Space Record, Completes First Phase - NASA

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

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NASAJul 2, 2024
Bente Eegholm: Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision https://www.nasa.gov/people-of-nasa/goddard-people/bente-eegholm-ensuring-space-telescopes-have-stellar-vision/ #NASA #PeopleOfGoddard #Careers #DarkEnergy #GlobalEcosystemDynamicsInvestigationGEDI #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #ICESatIceCloudsAndLandElevationSatellite #JamesWebbSpaceTelescopeJWST #NancyGraceRomanSpaceTelescope #PeopleOfNASA #TechDemoMissions #Technology
Bente Eegholm: Ensuring Space Telescopes Have Stellar Vision - NASA

Bente Eegholm is an optical engineer working to ensure missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope have stellar vision. When it launches by May 2027,

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NASAMay 29, 2024
Swarming for Success: Starling Completes Primary Mission https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/swarming-for-success-starling-completes-primary-mission/ #NASA #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #AmesResearchCenter #CubeSats #GameChangingDevelopmentProgram #General #SmallSatelliteMissions #SmallSpacecraftTechnologyProgram #TechDemoMissions
Swarming for Success: Starling Completes Primary Mission - NASA

After ten months in orbit, the Starling spacecraft swarm successfully demonstrated its primary mission’s key objectives, representing significant achievements

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NASAApr 25, 2024
NASA’s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles https://www.nasa.gov/missions/psyche-mission/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles/ #NASA #PsycheMission #DeepSpaceOpticalCommunicationsDSOC #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions #TechnologyDemonstrationMissionsProgram
NASA’s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles - NASA

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

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NASAApr 25, 2024
NASA’s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles https://www.nasa.gov/missions/psyche-mission/nasas-optical-comms-demo-transmits-data-over-140-million-miles/ #NASA #PsycheMission #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions
NASA’s Optical Comms Demo Transmits Data Over 140 Million Miles - NASA

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

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NASAJan 12, 2024
Brr, It’s Cold in Here! NASA’s Cryo Efforts Beyond the Atmosphere https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/brr-its-cold-in-here-nasas-cryo-efforts-beyond-the-atmosphere/ #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #Artemis #CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS #CryogenicFluidManagementCFM #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #Moons #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions #TechnologyDemonstration
NASA uses innovative technologies to address the challenges of cryogenic fluid management during sustained space exploration and science missions

One of those challenges is working with cryogenic fluids, meaning fluids existing in a liquid state between minus 238 degrees Fahrenheit and absolute zero

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NASAJan 11, 2024
Brr, It’s Cold in Here! NASA’s Cryo Efforts Beyond the Atmosphere https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/brr-its-cold-in-here-nasas-cryo-efforts-beyond-the-atmosphere/ #NASA #GlennResearchCenter #AirspaceTechnologyDemonstration #Artemis #CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS #CryogenicFluidManagementCFM #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #Moons #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions #TechnologyDemonstration
NASA uses innovative technologies to address the challenges of cryogenic fluid management during sustained space exploration and science missions

One of those challenges is working with cryogenic fluids, meaning fluids existing in a liquid state between minus 238 degrees Fahrenheit and absolute zero

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NASADec 18, 2023
NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/tech-demo-missions-program/deep-space-optical-communications-dsoc/nasas-tech-demo-streams-first-video-from-deep-space-via-laser/ #NASA #DeepSpaceOpticalCommunicationsDSOC #JetPropulsionLaboratory #PsycheMission #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceOperationsMissionDirectorate #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions
NASA’s Tech Demo Streams First Video From Deep Space via Laser - NASA

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

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NASANov 17, 2023
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data https://www.nasa.gov/missions/psyche-mission/nasas-deep-space-optical-comm-demo-sends-receives-first-data/ #NASA #PsycheMission #SpaceCommunicationsNavigationProgram #SpaceOperationsMissionDirectorate #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate #TechDemoMissions
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comm Demo Sends, Receives First Data - NASA

DSOC, an experiment that could transform how spacecraft communicate, has achieved ‘first light,’ sending data via laser to and from far beyond the Moon for

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