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NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) demo aboard the Psyche mission successfully demonstrated high-bandwidth laser data transmission over vast distances, achieving up to 267 Mbps at 19 million miles and 6.25 Mbps at 240 million miles, showcasing the potential for advanced deep-space communication, with plans for possible reactivation in 2026.
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment on the Psyche asteroid mission successfully completed its final test, exchanging laser signals across 218 million miles and achieving high data transfer rates, marking a significant advancement in deep space communication technology that could enhance future Mars missions.
NASA's deep space optical communication demo, managed by JPL, successfully transmitted high-definition video from over 19 million miles away and set distance records, demonstrating the potential for high-data-rate communication for future solar system missions.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft captured images of Earth and the Moon using long-exposure photography, helping scientists understand how the spacecraft's cameras respond to reflected sunlight from solar system objects, with the mission led by Arizona State University and managed by JPL, aiming to study the asteroid Psyche.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has switched to a backup propellant line after a valve malfunction caused a pressure drop in its xenon thrusters. The agency plans to restart the thrusters by mid-June, ensuring the mission's continuation to study the metallic asteroid Psyche in 2029, despite previous development delays and cost increases.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft successfully tested the Deep Space Optical Communications Experiment (DSOC), transmitting a laser message over 16 million kilometers to Earth, demonstrating data speeds 10 to 100 times faster than traditional radio systems. This breakthrough in optical communication, achieved by precisely aiming a laser signal to the Hale Telescope in California, is crucial for future deep-space missions, including Psyche's primary mission to explore a metallic asteroid in 2028, offering insights into planetary formation.
NASA's Psyche Mission, launched in October 2023, aims to explore the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche, valued at $10 quintillion, to uncover insights into planetary formation. Located in the asteroid belt, 16 Psyche is believed to be the exposed core of a failed planet, offering a unique opportunity to study planetary cores. The mission, featuring advanced technologies like solar-electric propulsion and laser communication, will reach the asteroid in 2029, conducting extensive studies to understand its composition and magnetic properties.
NASA has launched the Psyche spacecraft to explore the 16 Psyche asteroid, believed to contain valuable metals worth $10 quintillion. Located in the Asteroid Belt, this mission aims to study the asteroid's composition and understand planetary formation. However, current technology does not allow for mining or transporting these metals back to Earth, and such an influx would likely devalue them. The mission will provide insights into the asteroid's structure and the early solar system.
NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology has successfully transmitted a laser beam from nearly 10 million miles away, thanks to a precision pointing system developed with the help of Controlled Dynamics Inc. This system isolates the laser from spacecraft vibrations, ensuring accurate targeting. Supported by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate and tested through the Flight Opportunities program, the technology was launched aboard the Psyche spacecraft in 2023. DSOC's achievements have earned it recognition as one of TIME's Inventions of 2024.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, launched on October 13, 2023, has activated its ion thrusters and is now cruising through space using solar-electric propulsion. The mission aims to reach the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche by 2029, after a gravity assist from Mars in 2026. The spacecraft is also testing new deep-space optical communications technology and gathering scientific data en route.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, launched on October 13, 2023, has activated its ion thrusters and is now cruising through space using solar-electric propulsion. The mission aims to reach the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche by 2029, after a gravity assist from Mars in 2026. The spacecraft's ion engines, powered by solar arrays, will propel it to speeds up to 124,000 miles per hour. The mission seeks to study the asteroid's composition to gain insights into the formation of rocky planets. Psyche is also testing new deep-space optical communications technology.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully completed its six-month health check and is now in full cruise mode, using advanced electric thrusters to navigate through deep space. Launched in October 2023, the mission aims to study the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, believed to be the exposed core of an early planetesimal, to gain insights into planetary core formation. The spacecraft is currently over 190 million miles from Earth and is expected to reach its target in 2029.
NASA's Psyche mission has activated its electric Hall thrusters, propelling the spacecraft towards the metal-rich Psyche asteroid in the main asteroid belt. Launched in October 2023, Psyche is now in "full cruise" mode and has successfully tested laser-based deep space communications. Expected to reach the asteroid by 2029, the mission will study the object, believed to be the core of a planetesimal, for two years. Ion propulsion, used by Psyche, is efficient and durable, allowing the spacecraft to travel at high speeds with minimal fuel.
NASA's Psyche spacecraft, launched in October 2023, has successfully passed its six-month checkup and is now using its electric thrusters to travel towards the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the asteroid belt. The spacecraft, which will arrive in 2029, aims to study the asteroid to better understand the formation of rocky planets with metallic cores.
NASA has successfully transmitted the first high-definition video from deep space using a laser communication system on the Psyche probe, which is on its way to explore the main asteroid belt. The 15-second video features an orange tabby cat named Taters and demonstrates the capability to transmit high-data-rate communications needed for complex missions like sending humans to Mars. Laser transmission allows for faster data rates compared to traditional radio waves, and this technology has been deployed in deep space for the first time.