Taters the Cat Takes Space by Storm with First-Ever Laser-Beamed Video

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Taters the Cat Takes Space by Storm with First-Ever Laser-Beamed Video
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Taters the cat has become the star of NASA's first video streamed from deep space, as a 15-second ultra-HD video of him chasing a laser pointer dot was sent back to Earth from the Psyche probe, which is on a six-year mission to visit an asteroid. The video was part of an experiment to test the possibility of sending streaming video through deep space, showcasing the potential for transmitting broadband video across millions of miles. NASA sees this as a historic milestone in advancing communication technology for future interplanetary missions.

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