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Have you ever tried to download a movie with slow internet a buffer and it takes forever.

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Now imagine trying to download movies all the way from space.

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The international Space Station's new terminal Illuminati will use laser communications to demonstrate an enhanced way to transmit data.

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In fact, Illuminati can transmit data at a rate that would allow you to download a movie in under a minute.

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The process of sending and receiving spacecraft data is known as space communication.

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NASA is enhancing space communications capabilities through the power of lasers.

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Laser communications use higher data rates to send an increased amount of science and exploration data to earth in a single transmission.

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Historically, we've relied on radio frequency communications to send and receive data from space.

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With laser communications, we're supplementing that method.

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Laser communications can help NASA's science mission send more information and data that is vital to our understanding of our planet,

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the solar system and beyond.

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To prove these groundbreaking capabilities.

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NASA's Insight Using laser communications into multiple missions.

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One of these missions is a relay satellite known as LCD.

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LCD, launched in 2021 and is NASA's first ever laser relay, which will receive data from Illuminati on the space station.

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Together, LCD and Illuminati are NASA's first ever end to end laser relay system, demonstrating the benefits of a laser communications system.

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Laser terminals are ideal for missions like the space station because they are typically smaller,

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lighter and more efficient than comparable radio systems.

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In 2022,

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NASA launched another laser communications mission called T-bar to demonstrate 200 gigabit per

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second data at a record setting rate for the agency.

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T-Bird is a small satellite.

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It's only the size of a tissue box.

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And soon, NASA's will launch a laser terminal on Artemus Tube, a crewed mission to the moon.

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Onboard the Orion crew capsule, the O2 system will send back high resolution images and video from the lunar region.

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Illuminati, LCD,

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T-Bird and Otello are only the start of how laser communications are paving the way for advancing our scientific discoveries.

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NASA's infusing lasers to further advance our communications capabilities from the International Space Station today and to deep space in the future.