SourceNASA Glenn’s Legacy Forged Through Decades of Flight Research
This research improves commercial aviation safety through icing hazard data and develops critical technologies for future space missions, such as laser communications.
- The study used NASA Glenn's Pilatus PC-12 NG aircraft.
- The team streamed 4K video footage from the aircraft to the International Space Station and back using optical, or laser, communications for the first time.
- The mission contributed to NASA's broader effort to advance optical communications for future missions.