NASA Streams First Video from Deep Space Using New Laser Technology

The successful transmission of a video featuring a cat named Taters demonstrates the potential for high-speed communication in interplanetary missions.

NASA successfully streamed the first video from deep space, a clip of a cat named Taters, using a new laser technology.
The video was transmitted from a spacecraft nearly 19 million miles from Earth, demonstrating the potential for high-speed communication in interplanetary missions.
The technology, known as Deep Space Optical Communications, could enable astronauts to send videos from Mars and other distant locations.
The video was sent by a flight laser transceiver on the Psyche spacecraft, which is currently on a mission to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
The same technology is being prepared for use by the next astronauts who go to the moon, and could allow for the transmission of broadband video, scientific information, and high-definition imagery from deep space.