NASA just combined all of my favorite things: space, lasers, and cats.
The star of the video is actually the pet of a NASA employee.
It also displays more information about Taters, including its heart rate, color, and breed.
Gif: NASA/JPL-Caltch/Gizmodo
JPLs DesignLab did an amazing job helping us showcase this technologyeveryone loves Taters, Rogalin added.
Optical communications does become more challenging over longer distances as it requires extreme precision to point the laser beam.
When we achieved first light, we were excited, but also cautious.
The team receiving the first high-definition stream to be sent via laser from deep space.Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech
We are learning something new during each checkout.
One of the goals is to demonstrate the ability to transmit broadband video across millions of miles.
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