The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space
NASA announces it has used a state-of-the-art laser communication system on a spaceship 31 million kilometres away from Earth -- to send a high-definition cat video. The 15-second meow-vie featuring an orange tabby named Taters is the first to be streamed from deep space, and demonstrates that it is possible to transmit the sort of communications needed to support complex missions such as sending humans to Mars.
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00:00 [ Music ]
00:15 >> One engine ignition.
00:18 And lift off.
00:19 Lift off of Falcon Heavy and Psyche on a mission
00:23 to a metal asteroid in deep space
00:25 to study the building blocks of our planet's inner space.
00:28 >> 45 minutes.
00:30 And when we come back, we will bring you the moment
00:33 of separation.
00:34 In the meantime.
00:36 [ Sound Effects ]