6 Oct 2024

Calling Home: Malcolm Wright in Pasadena, California

From Sunday Morning, 11:32 am on 6 October 2024

Dr Malcolm Wright is calling home from Southern California.  Malcolm works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and is the technical lead responsible for delivering the flight and ground lasers used in the Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration project. 

DSOC Ground Laser Transmitter team after first experiment at JPL’s Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California. Malcolm is second from the left.

DSOC Ground Laser Transmitter team after first experiment at JPL’s Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California. Malcolm is second from the left. Photo: NASA