A further step towards the realization of an extraplanet internet in the future is the new record in the speed of data transmission between the Earth and the Moon, achieved by the NASA.
A laser instrument aboard a US moon-orbiting satellite sent to our planet data with a speed of 622 megabits per second, which is a new "download" record.
Meanwhile, according to Space.com, the orbiting moon has successfully uploaded data from the ground station to New Mexico at 20 megabit per second.
The laser instrument (Lunar Laser Communications Demonstration - LLCD) is installed in the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, launched in 6 last September, to study the sparse lunar atmosphere and dust particles believed to be floating on it.
LADEE has a sophisticated laser technology for its communications with Earth, instead of the usual radio transmissions. Using the optical pulses of the laser, it sends elements to our planet - and receives from it - at a faster speed than any other craft.
NASA is seeking to test this fast and reliable communications technology, developed at MIT, in order to extend it to its future missions in space, especially those that will be far from Earth. The ultimate goal is the transmission of three-dimensional images and video high resolution from the reaches of our solar system.
"LLCD is the first step in our plan to create the next generation of space communications. The Results have encouraged us and we are confident that we are on the right track to implement the new technological capability soon in our missions," saidfaceof NASA.
Laser communications technology was also recently tested by the US Space Agency's LON (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) satellite, orbiting the moon, and sent a laser image of "Mona Lisa"
