NASA 'shoots' the Mona Lisa image onto the Moon

Scientists from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) have fired a laser beam forming the famous picture of Leonardo da Vinci on a spacecraft flying around the moon.

The laser beam was fired from a base in Maryland on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) flying at 384,400km above the ground, launched into the Moon's orbit since 2009. Successful laser signal shows the picture of Mona Lisa.

NASA scientists say this is a great achievement in the field of laser communication with spacecraft traveling to another planet.

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'This is the first time that laser technology can reach the distance between planets,' said David Smith, a researcher at the LRO Moon Laser Project. "In the near future, this kind of laser technology will Support communication via radio signals transmitted via satellite. In the far future, it can allow communication with faster data rates than radio signals. '

The LRO is selected to test new communications technology because it is equipped with a laser signal receiver. Most spacecraft discovering the solar system are now monitored via radio signals, but the LRO is also monitored by laser through NASA.

NASA's dust and moon atmosphere exploration robots are expected to be launched this year to fulfill Hang's mission to map atmospheric environments.