NASA laser-beams adorable cat video to Earth from 19 million miles away (video) NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications experiment streamed a high-definition video of Taters the cat to Earth from 19 miles (31 million km) away in a groundbreaking demonstration. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MAMFZ5uKEWYiL8oAhFKMik.jpg https://www.space.com/nasa-laser-taters-cat-video-19-million-miles-away