An experimental antenna has received both radio frequency and near-infrared laser signals from NASA’s Psyche spacecraft as it travels through deep space

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NASA's New Experimental Antenna Tracks Deep Space Laser - NASA

Deep Space Station 13 at NASA’s Goldstone complex in California – part of the agency’s Deep Space Network – is an experimental antenna that has been retrofitted with an optical terminal. In a first, this proof of concept received both radio frequency and laser signals from deep space at the same time.

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Review by Martin Hermosilla, Bioengineering Doctoral Student

Instituto Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires