NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission will test next-gen laser communications in space

Space.com

By Rahul Rao

August 11, 2023

This October – if all remains on schedule – NASA’s Psyche mission will lift off and begin its voyage to the metal-rich asteroid of the same name, which some astronomers believe is the remnant of an ancient protoplanet. But before the Psyche even reaches, well, Psyche, the probe will serve another purpose: demonstrating what some engineers hope is the next generation of sending data between spacecraft and ground control.

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