NASA's Psyche has set a new benchmark for space communications. In December 2024, the spacecraft successfully beamed an infrared laser message back to Earth from a mind-boggling distance of 494 ...

NASA’s Psyche mission is on its way to meet an asteroid that is thought to contain $100,000 quadrillion worth of rare metals. The agency’s Psyche spacecraft won’t reach its target, the asteroid 16 ...

A NASA laser just fired successfully in a deep-space test. On Nov. 14, NASA picked up a laser signal fired from an instrument that launched with the Psyche spacecraft, which is currently more than 10 ...