A tiny, milk-carton-sized experiment soon to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS) could represent the future of communications, enabling quantum computers to communicate with each ...

ILLUMA-T could help pave the way for more efficient communications between Earth and distant destinations like Mars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Over a month ago, Japan’s HTV3 cargo carrier launched atop a Japanese H-II rocket delivering an innovative software-defined radio experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). This new ISS ...

Weather forecasting has long been a crucial tool for modern society, shaping agriculture, energy management, climate science, ...

As NASA’s Psyche spacecraft travels towards its asteroid target, 16 Psyche, to examine this unique, all-metal world with its suite of scientific instruments, the spacecraft also carries a new laser ...

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) and a NASA-U.S. Naval Research Laboratory space weather payload to study the Sun’s radiation lifted off at 5:19 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Dec. 7. The ...

FORT MYER, Va. — The U.S. Army is planning a second experiment where the latest networking technologies will be tested for potential outfitting aboard armored vehicles. The assessment, known formally ...

It’s been quite a year for laser communications in space. In October and November, NASA launched two pioneering demonstrations to test high-bandwidth optical communication links, and these tech demos ...

The demand for ultra-high-speed, low-latency, and highly secure communication networks is driving research into extreme-band technologies, particularly in the terahertz (THz) and optical wireless ...