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

NASAs LRO Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has twice transmitted a laser pulse to a cookie-sized retroreflector aboard JAXAs Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency SLIM lander on the Moon and received a return signal. As LRO passed 44 miles above SLIM Smart Lander for Investigating Moon during two successive orbits on May 24, 2024, it pinged the lander . https://science.nasa.gov/s...
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