‘Hello, World’: NASA OPALS’ First Official Video Sent Via Laser
NASA beamed this video from the International Space Station back to Earth via laser on June 5, 2014. It is the first official transmission from the Optical Payload for Lasercomm …
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Live from the Space Station: Unpacking OPALS
Watch live from the International Space Station as JPL’s OPALS lasercomm instrument is unpacked from the Dragon spacecraft by a robotic arm. OPALS, the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science, is …
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NASA’s OPALS Beams Video from Space
The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science will beam video via laser from the International Space Station back to Earth. Here is animation showing how the technology works, with an explanation …
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Dextre installs OPALS on the International Space Station
2014-05-01 – This computer-generated animation shows Dextre, the Canadian robotic handyman on board the International Space Station (ISS), retrieving OPALS (short for Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science) from inside the …
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