Through The Artemis 2 Mission, People On Earth Can See The Moon Live Thanks To Laser Technology

JAKARTA - In the next historic mission of Artemis 2, NASA will use laser technology so that people on Earth can see how the mission runs on the Moon.

Artemis 2 will return on the Orion spacecraft carrying a number of astronauts selected by NASA. Not to be missed by the latest new technology and capabilities. After previously, Artemis 1 was successfully launched last year.

Among them, the Orion Artemis 2 Optical Communications System (O2O) which will provide spacecraft with a data transfer speed of 10 times higher than possible through the current system.

Terminals managed by the Laser-Effected Mission Navigation Pipeline and Operational Services (LEMNOS) project, exploiting laser communications also known as optical communications, to be used on Orion.

Meanwhile, O2O will make the mission one of the first to use laser communication technology on manned spaceflight.

With the onboard laser system, O2O will activate ultra-high-definition 4K live videos from the Moon, as well as enhanced science data transmission and more.

In addition to the video, O2O will send procedures, images, flight plans, communications, and sounds between Orion and Earth.

If the system goes according to plan, the people on Earth can see the Moon in real-time unlike before.

The O2O will give Orion a giant leap in communication technology, which allows optical communication to join radio on NASA's journey to the Moon and beyond.

The plan, Artemis 2 will launch this year and become the first manned flight since the Apollo mission. Astronomers will spend ten days on missions to circle the Moon before returning to Earth.

Following O2O's journey in Artemis 2, the LEMNOS Pipeline project will provide an optical communication terminal for the next mission and provide a variety of optical terminals for science missions from low Earth to Moon orbits to Lagrange Points 1 and 2. Thus quoted from Space, Monday, May 8.