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NASA finally received the first-ever signal from the lunar orbiter – Tech Explorist
In collaboration with their French colleagues, NASA announced that they received a signal back from the Lunar Orbiter’s reflector- for the first time.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a spacecraft that has been studying the Moon from its orbit since 2009. One reason engineers placed the reflector on LRO was to serve as a pristine target to help test the reflecting power of panels left on the Moon’s surface about 50 years ago.
Since LRO arrived in orbit, scientists immediately started firing lasers at a small reflector on it, which has a size of a paperback novel.
In collaboration with their French colleagues, NASA announced that the…
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