Sunday, 14 July 2019

NASA green lights upgrade of Apollo era lunar laser experiment

The first laser retroreflector experiment was placed on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts

One of the original designers of a pioneering Apollo Moon experiment is leading an effort to create an upgraded version for future lunar landing missions. A team under professor emeritus at the University of Maryland (UMD), Doug Currie are developing a more accurate version of the Lunar Laser Ranging experiment that was left behind by Apollo 11, 14, and 15 between 1969 and 1971 that allows scientists to measure the distance from the Earth to the Moon extreme accuracy.

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