Maintaining reliable communication during space missions is critical. Future missions—especially crewed missions to Mars—are ...

This Collection invites submissions of original research into methods that support the deployment of optical communication systems, driving advancements in high-speed data transmission and network ...

Advanced fast steering mirrors deliver the speed and precision needed to maintain laser communication links across expanding ...

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 6-103 mission successfully launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Feb. 24, 2026. Following liftoff, the Falcon ...

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not ...

Experts warn Europe must scale optical laser communications across its sovereign space networks, from IRIS2 to HydRON, to ...

The takeaway: NASA's latest crewed lunar mission promises not only another giant leap in human space travel but a dramatic upgrade in how we experience it from Earth. With Artemis II now underway, the ...

A German-Japanese research team involving the University of Augsburg has made a significant breakthrough in the use of ...

The on-chip all-optical supernode could improve multi-chip AI communication with lower latency, higher energy efficiency and ...

While the wind sector battles bearing failures and blade damage, a quieter revolution is unfolding at the heart of the nacelle. Fibre optic rotary joints are replacing electrical slip rings, promising ...