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NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) flight payload shipped to Northrop Grumman's facility in Sterling, Virginia, for integration into the Air Force's STPSat-6. LCRD will be NASA’s first end-to-end optical relay, sending and receiving data from missions in space to mission control on Earth.

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has discovered “layers” and “rifts” in the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere of Mars. The phenomenon is common at Earth and causes unpredictable disruptions to radio communications. The unexpected discovery by MAVEN shows that Mars is a unique laboratory to better understand this disruptive phenomenon.

This interactive timeline traces key developments in the history of solar science, from the earliest recorded eclipses to today's cutting-edge space missions.

Deborah Johnson has worked for NASA since 1978.