NASA's NavCube Could Support an X-Ray Communications Demonstration in Space -- a NASA First
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 12:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Two proven technologies have been combined to create a promising new technology that could meet future navigational challenges in deep space. It also may help demonstrate -- for the first time -- X-ray communications in space, a capability that would allow the transmission of gigabits per second throughout the solar system.