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A simulated image of a black hole's photon ring.

TBIRD technology could help image black holes' photon rings

November 6, 2024
At Kennedy Space Center, Laboratory staff members Justin Dunbeck (left) and Steven Constantine unpack and examine the Optical Communications System payload for NASA's Artemis II mission to the Moon. Photo: NASA/Glenn Benson.

First communications user terminal demonstrated in two-way laser relay prepares for Moon flyby

October 18, 2024
A payload shown above the Gulf of California, just after it was jettisoned by a robotic arm from the International Space Station into orbit.
In the Media

Lift-off for space lasers

October 1, 2024
Optics & Photonics News
An artist's rendition of a satellite carrying a laser communications payload above the Earth in low Earth orbit.
In the Media

NASA’s record-breaking laser demo completes mission

September 25, 2024
NASA
Two people talk at a poster presentation session.

Lincoln Laboratory hosts 14th annual Communications Workshop

August 19, 2024
Engineers inspect LES-1 prior to its 1965 launch. The satellite is positioned atop a Titan III rocket on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy, Florida.

A satellite signals after 45 years of radio silence

June 12, 2024
A collage of pet photos — including cats, dogs, birds, and rabbits — overlaid on Earth with laser links between Earth and a communications terminal on the International Space Station.
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NASA's laser relay system sends pet imagery to, from Space Station

June 10, 2024
NASA
three photos: left shows an air traffic control radar; middle shows an SEM photo of microelectronic devices; and right shows a close-up of a laser.
Awards

Achievements in air traffic control, microelectronics, and lasers are named IEEE Milestones

February 15, 2024
A laser communications terminal approximately the size of a standard refrigerator sits in a cleanroom.
In the Media

NASA’s space station laser comm terminal achieves first link

December 13, 2023
NASA
A schematic of a laser communications terminal onboard the International Space Station transmitting data over laser signals to a smaller satellite at a higher altitude; this satellite then relays the data to Earth.

ILLUMA-T launches to the International Space Station

November 9, 2023
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