The system was recently used to transmit Psyche data from over 140 million miles (226 million kilometers) away. The system, called Deep Space Optical Communications, or DSOC, has previously been ...

This is through the Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration (DSOC) aboard the Psyche spacecraft. The DSOC was able to achieve "first light," successfully sending and receiving data.

The Psyche launch won’t be a one-trick pony. As NASA notes, a pair of secondary payloads will also be sent into space along with the primary payload. These two add-ons — a spacecraft that will ...

The setting of Psyche is beautiful. The wide open space contrasts brilliantly with what audiences expect from genre cinema. The intense blue sky is juxtaposed against the barren desert dirt ground ...