MIT Engineers Help Power Historic Artemis II Moon Mission

Technology from Mass. helps Artemis II astronauts reach major milestone

The Artemis II traveled 252,000 miles from Earth and photographed the dark side of the moon.

MIT engineers help power historic Artemis II moon mission

A team at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory worked tirelessly to develop and build an optical communications system called the "Orion Artemis Two Optical Communications System."

How laser tech from MIT's Lincoln Laboratory is helping Artemis II astronauts

Since the Apollo missions in the late 1960s, NASA has relied on radio frequencies to communicate with astronauts in space. The Artemis II mission is the first time astronauts will have a chance to use lasers to send data and images back to Earth as well.