Using laser communication, NASA streamed a cat video from almost 20 million miles away, or 40 round trip flights to the moon.
Tag: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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NASA Restores Voyager 2 Contact With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Into Space
After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft’s antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point it back toward Earth.
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NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Out of Contact but Not Lost in Space
The aging spacecraft’s antenna was misdirected by a glitch, although officials say the distant probe appears to be functioning as intended.
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NASA Sees ‘Otherworldly’ Wreckage on Mars With Ingenuity Helicopter
The debris was part of the equipment that helped the Perseverance mission safely land on the red planet in 2021.
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How a Tiny Asteroid Strike May Save Earthlings From City-Killing Space Rocks
An asteroid hunter detected the small object two hours before it crashed into the sea near Greenland, a sign of the growing sophistication of NASA’s planetary defense system.