NASA, Australia Team Up for Artemis II Lunar Laser Communications Test

As NASA prepares for its Artemis II mission, researchers at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland are collaborating with The Australian National University (ANU) to prove inventive, cost-saving laser communications technologies in the lunar environment. Communicating in space usually relies on radio waves, but NASA is exploring laser, or optical, communications, which can send […]

Published by NASA on 06/26/2025