As NASA prepares to send human explorers to the Moon and beyond, we are advancing the technology that will enable high-definition video and science data to be transferred... with lasers! Learn more about the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment (DSOC), which exceeded all of its technical goals during its two-year technology demonstration: go.nasa.gov/4ppAPGZ | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Launching a spacecraft is just the beginning, challenges are part of every mission. And Juice, our mission on its 8-year journey to Jupiter, is no exception. Soon after launch, one of its instruments, the ice-penetrating radar RIME, picked up electronic noise from other parts of the spacecraft. RIME’s task at Jupiter is to peer below the icy surfaces of moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto to map the invisible rocky layers below. During Juice’s Moon flyby last year, we had the perfect chance to t