Just don't look at the ping. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lasers—pretty cool, eh? NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) had ...

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft achieved a significant milestone in March 2025, successfully completing its engine speed hold test at Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base.

NASA will soon demonstrate a laser-based communication system between ground facilities and the International Space Station (ISS). The technology will boost data transmission speeds by 10 to 100 times ...

"This test confirmed that all components — software, mechanical linkages, and control laws — work together as intended." NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet is a step closer to flight after passing an ...

Fast communications could speed up science on the asteroid mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A NASA laser just fired ...

Forward-looking: The US space agency will soon send a new, experimental laser communication technology into space that is expected to show potential data transmission rates that are 10 to 100 times ...

As the first flight of NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft draws near, the agency seems not to waste any chance when it comes to testing the plane’s systems. Why, from time to time it even goes off ...