What if the internet didn’t stop at Earth? 🛰️ As we return to the Moon and prepare to explore deeper into the Solar System, space missions will need more than delayed signals and one-way links. That’s why we’re working on an Internet for space: a network designed to cope with long distances, moving spacecraft and interrupted connections. Data are stored, carried and forwarded until they reach their destination - reliably. From laser communications to future navigation systems beyond Earth, this space internet will help missions around the Moon, Mars and beyond stay connected. 📹 @europeanspaceagency 🎞️ ESA/@NASA - S.Critoforetti; ESA; NASA; ESA/Juice/JMC, @creativecommons BY-SA 3.0 IGO; @gettyimages 📸 NASA; ESA/Juice/JMC, @creativecommons BY-SA 3.0 IGO Acknowledgements: Simeon Schmauß & Mark McCaughrean