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The Future. NASA has successfully streamed 4K video footage from the Earth to astronauts in the International Space Station. It’s a game changer for galactic communication and the ability to send data back and forth during missions. Don’t be surprised if NASA makes the next lunar mission a ticketed IMAX event.
Live-beaming
NASA is taking some cues from Star Trek for its latest communications technology.
- The space agency successfully tested laser communications in orbit by streaming 4K video to the ISS from an in-flight airplane.
- Granted, the process was actually far more complicated — the plane flying over Lake Erie sent the data stream to a facility in Ohio, which sent the data to a facility in New Mexico, which sent the data to a satellite, which then sent that data to the ISS.
- Lasers, which use infrared light, can transmit data 10x to 100x faster than radios, which NASA has historically used to chat with astronauts from the Earth’s surface.
The tech could ensure that Americans will be able to livestream NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon in 2028 in crisp 4K, notes The Verge. Additionally, it lays the groundwork for talking with astronauts during a potential Mars mission.
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