File:Apollo 11 Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment.jpg

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Description Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment with the stereo camera in the background (NASA image number AS11-40-5952). This Retroreflector was left on the Moon by astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission. Astronomers all over the world have reflected laser light off the reflectors to measure precisely the Earth-Moon distance.
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Source NASA Apollo Archive http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a11/AS11-40-5952.jpg
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This image or video was catalogued by one of the centers of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: AS11-40-5952.

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Image Collection: 70mm Hasselblad
Mission:          11
Magazine:         40
Magazine Letter:  S
Film Type:        SO-368
Film Width:       70 mm

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