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Streaming 4K Video To and From Space

NASA Demonstrates Transmission From an Aircraft to ISS and Back

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Tom Patton
Jul 29, 2024
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A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical, or laser, communications. The feat was part of a series of tests on new technology that could provide live video coverage of astronauts on the Moon during the Artemis missions.

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