NASA Streams 4K Video From Plane To Space Station Via Laser

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A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft equipped with a portable laser terminal transmitted 4K video to the International Space Station and back. "Laser communications use infrared light to transmit 10 to 100 times more data faster than radio frequency systems," according to NASA.   Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA |  edited by Steve Spaleta Music: Had Me at Hello (Instrumental Version) by Aiyo / courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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00:30Hello to our crew aboard the International Space Station. Doug Wheelock,

00:34Wheels here, actually on the ground at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland,

00:39Ohio and our platform talking over laser comm to the space station. We're very

00:45excited about this new asset that we'll have for our space flyers and just

00:51wanted to wish you all greetings. We're thinking about you and we just wanted to

00:56connect via laser comm and say hello and Privyet to my Russian

01:01colleagues as well. So thank you so much. Great to join you aboard the

01:05International Space Station.

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