"NASA Receives Signal from Spacecraft 10 Million Miles Away"

NASA has received a laser-beam signal from the Psyche spacecraft, which is over 10 million miles away, marking the first official data received from NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment. The success of this test paves the way for higher-data-rate communications capable of supporting future missions, including sending humans to Mars. NASA is collaborating with SpaceX on the project, and the focus now is on testing the transmission capabilities of the DSOC system. The goal is to develop communication systems for spacecraft with astronauts on board.