Laser Comms, Solar Sail, Atomic Clock Headline NASA Tech Demos

The first in-space tests under NASA’s new advanced technology push will involve laser communications for high-data-rate links to deep-space probes, a space-qualified atomic clock to make the laser links even more efficient, and the largest solar sail yet flown. The U.S. space agency plans to spend...

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