NASA, in collaboration with the Australian National University, is planning to conduct an unprecedented experiment on the Artemis 2 mission, which aims to send data from the Moon to Earth via laser.
The technology, which is 10 to 100 times faster than traditional radio waves, could, if successful, enable live 4K video streaming from the lunar surface and instant communication with astronauts on future missions to Mars.
As the world looks forward to humans returning to the Moon via the Artemis 2 mission in early 2026, engineers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center and the Australian National University are building and testing a cost-effective laser transmitter-receiver system.
Unlike current spacecraft that use radio waves with limited speed and bandwidth, this system uses invisible infrared light to transmit information much faster.
