A laser communications experiment flying aboard NASA맥스카지노�s Psyche mission has beamed back a video to Earth from nearly 19 million miles away 맥스카지노� and the short clip stars a cat named Taters. It맥스카지노�s the first time NASA has streamed a video from deep space using a laser.Watch the video in the player above.In the ultra-high definition video, the playful orange tabby cat chases, of all things, the elusive red dot from a laser pointer as it moves across a couch.The cat video was transmitted to Earth from a flight laser transceiver as part of the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment, or DSOC. The technology could one day be used to quickly transmit data, imagery and videos as humans push the limits of space exploration by venturing to places like Mars.The 15-second video was encoded in a near-infrared laser and beamed from the Psyche spacecraft to the Hale Telescope at the California Institute of Technology맥스카지노�s Palomar Observatory. The video was downloaded at the observatory on Dec. 11, and each frame was streamed live at NASA맥스카지노�s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.At the time of the transmission, the distance between the Psyche spacecraft and Hale was 80 times the distance between Earth and the moon. It only took 101 seconds for the laser to each Earth.The laser can send data at 10 to 100 times the speed of traditional radio wave systems NASA uses on other missions. The tech demo was designed to be NASA맥스카지노�s most distant experiment of high-bandwidth laser communications, testing the sending and receiving of data to and from Earth using an invisible near-infrared laser.맥스카지노�This accomplishment underscores our commitment to advancing optical communications as a key element to meeting our future data transmission needs,맥스카지노� NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy said in a statement. 맥스카지노�Increasing our bandwidth is essential to achieving our future exploration and science goals, and we look forward to the continued advancement of this technology and the transformation of how we communicate during future interplanetary missions.맥스카지노�Laser communications in deep spaceLaunched in mid-October, the Psyche mission is currently en route to catch humanity맥스카지노�s first glimpse of a metal asteroid between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft will spend the next six years traveling about 2.2 billion miles to reach its namesake, located in the outer part of the main asteroid belt.But the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment is carrying out a mission of its own during the first two years of the journey.맥스카지노�One of the goals is to demonstrate the ability to transmit broadband video across millions of miles. Nothing on Psyche generates video data, so we usually send packets of randomly generated test data,맥스카지노� said Bill Klipstein, DSOC project manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a statement.맥스카지노�But to make this significant event more memorable, we decided to work with designers at JPL to create a fun video, which captures the essence of the demo as part of the Psyche mission.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�Everyone loves Taters맥스카지노�The DSOC team collaborated with the creators at JPL맥스카지노�s in-house DesignLab when determining which video they wanted to test across deep space.The video, which was uploaded to DSOC before the Psyche launch, also includes a graphics overlay that showcases Psyche맥스카지노�s orbital path, the Palomar telescope dome and Taters맥스카지노� color, breed and heart rate.맥스카지노�Despite transmitting from millions of miles away, it was able to send the video faster than most broadband internet connections,맥스카지노� said Ryan Rogalin, DSOC receiver electronics lead at JPL, in a statement.맥스카지노�In fact, after receiving the video at Palomar, it was sent to JPL over the internet, and that connection was slower than the signal coming from deep space. JPL맥스카지노�s DesignLab did an amazing job helping us showcase this technology 맥스카지노� everyone loves Taters.맥스카지노�Apart from the broad popularity of cat videos and memes, the decision to include a cat video for DSOC맥스카지노�s milestone is also a nod to broadcast history. A statuette of the Felix the Cat cartoon was used in television test broadcast transmissions beginning in 1928, according to NASA.Major milestoneThe laser experiment맥스카지노�s latest successful test comes after DSOC맥스카지노�s milestone on Nov. 14 achieving what engineers called 맥스카지노�first light,맥스카지노� the feat of successfully sending and receiving its first data. Since then, the tech demo has only improved, showcasing capabilities like improved pointing accuracy that맥스카지노�s so essential when sending laser messages from space to Earth.The laser맥스카지노�s fast data downlink speeds are comparable to broadband internet, and the DSOC team recently downloaded 1.3 terabits of data in one evening 맥스카지노� comparable to the 1.2 terabits sent back by NASA맥스카지노�s Magellan mission to Venus over the course of four years in the 1990s.맥스카지노�When we achieved first light, we were excited, but also cautious. This is a new technology, and we are experimenting with how it works,맥스카지노� said Ken Andrews, project flight operations lead at JPL, in a statement. 맥스카지노�But now, with the help of our Psyche colleagues, we are getting used to working with the system and can lock onto the spacecraft and ground terminals for longer than we could previously. We are learning something new during each checkout.맥스카지노�