From there, it was sent over an Earth-based network to NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where scientists used infrared light signals to send the data. The signals ...

NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and contractor ... using the Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) at the White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) in New Mexico. The team at White Sands ran the PQM ...

From there, it was sent over an Earth-based network to NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where scientists used infrared light signals to send the data,” the release said.