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NASA, JAXA Bounce Laser Beam Between Moon’s Surface and Lunar Orbit


NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal.

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