Gallery: This Is How You Stream Netflix to the Moon
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An artist's view of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory as it approaches lunar orbit.
Photo: Robert LaFon NASA/GSFC02Stevens-2
The Lunar Lasercomm Ground Terminal, installed at NASA’s White Sands Complex in New Mexico. It houses the optical telescopes used to communicate with the LADEE craft.
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A look inside the JPL terminal in Table Mountain CA
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NASA’s Lunar Lasercom Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) Terminal, sending a laser beam to the moon.
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An artist's rendering of the LADEE spacecraft.
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NASA spin-testing the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft before launch.
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An artist's rendering of the receiving terminal, which is mounted on the LADEE.
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The Minotaur V rocket launches carrying the LADEE spacecraft from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.
