NASA’s Psyche Probe Achieves Optical Communications First Light

Mark Carreau November 17, 2023

Psyche spacecraft

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA recently conducted a test of laser communications capabilities with a “first light” transmission from the Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment aboard the Psyche mission spacecraft. It was another agency milestone in efforts to significantly step up the pace of space...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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