Jun 2, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: This Is How You Stream Netflix to the Moon

Illustration: ESA/NASA
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An artist's view of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory as it approaches lunar orbit.
Photo: Robert LaFon NASA/GSFC
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The Lunar Lasercomm Ground Terminal, installed at NASA’s White Sands Complex in New Mexico. It houses the optical telescopes used to communicate with the LADEE craft.

Photo: NASA/JPL
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A look inside the JPL terminal in Table Mountain CA
Image: NASA
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NASA’s Lunar Lasercom Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) Terminal, sending a laser beam to the moon.

Photo: NASA
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An artist's rendering of the LADEE spacecraft.
Photo: NASA
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NASA spin-testing the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft before launch.

Image: NASA
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An artist's rendering of the receiving terminal, which is mounted on the LADEE.
Photo: Clara Cioffi/NASA
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The Minotaur V rocket launches carrying the LADEE spacecraft from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.

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