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NASA receives laser beam from 10 million miles away: 'First light'

An agency spacecraft sent test data back to the Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in California


To infinity and beyond?

A NASA spacecraft has beamed a near-infrared laser nearly 10 million miles into space breaking new ground for the agency.

The laser, which is encoded with test data, was fired from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft and then sent back to Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California, the agency said. ---More...

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