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," according to NASA.

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta
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