Thursday, January 18, 2024

Laser Instrument on NASA’s LRO Successfully ‘Pings’ Indian Moon Lander

For the first time at the Moon, a laser beam was transmitted and reflected between an orbiting NASA spacecraft and an Oreo-sized device on ISRO’s (Indian Space Research Organisation) Vikram lander on the lunar surface. The successful experiment opens the door to a new style of precisely locating targets on the Moon’s surface. At 3 […]

January 18, 2024
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