NASA laser-based data transmission demonstrates serviceable internet 290 million miles from Earth

NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment achieved record-breaking laser data transmission across 290 million miles from the Psyche spacecraft to Earth. The technology demonstrated broadband-like speeds of 267 megabits per second at shorter distances and sustained 6.25 megabits from over 240 million miles away, far outperforming traditional radio systems for deep space communication.