We’re not talking WiFi here, but plain optical signals. Free-space optical communication, or FSO, is an interesting and easy way to transmit signals through light beams. Forget expensive lasers ...

The initiative will offer secure, high-capacity data transfer capabilities, incorporating encryption technologies.

Suni Williams surpasses the most time by a woman on EVA during a spacewalk with Butch Wilmore outside the International Space ...

Traditionally, space missions have relied on radio frequencies for communication. However, laser-based systems offer a data ...

This gave rise to the Manned Space Flight Network, a network of 26-metre antennas specialized for communication in Earth orbit all the way to the moon. The DSN provided support and emergency ...

[NASA] and a team of partners has demonstrated a space-to-ground laser communication system operating at a record breaking 200 gigabit per second (Gbps) data rate. The TeraByte InfraRed Delivery ...

This will revolutionize mobile communication by enabling direct calls from space using regular phones. The satellite, Bluebird, will enhance global connectivity, especially in remote areas.