A Pilatus PC-12 aircraft equipped with a portable laser terminal transmitted 4K video to the International Space Station and back. "Laser communications use infrared light to transmit 10 to 100 times more data faster than radio frequency systems,

The new system, known as the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications system, or O2O, will allow astronauts aboard Orion to send 4K footage from their mission

Artemis II will broadcast 4K video from the Moon at 260 megabits per second using laser technology, delivering Netflix-quality space exploration footage.

How NASA is using laser communications to stream live video from the Moon on Artemis II — the real specs, the video chain, and why 4K is more complicated than it sounds.

The Artemis 2 astronauts snapped a gorgeous photo of their home planet recently as they sped away from it and toward the moon.