File:Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector, Apollo (NASM2020-00369).jpg
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English: The Laser Ranging Retroreflector experiment consists of a series of corner-cube mirrors designed to reflect an incoming light beam back to its source. Astronauts deployed this experiment on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11, 14, and 15 missions. From Earth, laser beams are aimed through large telescopes at the Retroreflector on the lunar surface, which then reflects the laser beam back to Earth. The Retroreflector provides precise measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Moon, the Moon's orbit, and the rate at which the Moon is receding from the Earth. Highlighted in this image is the retro-reflector array of the Apollo Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector. |
Date | Taken on 14 January 2020 |
Source | https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-media/NASM-NASM2020-00369 |
Author | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum/Mark Avino |
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Credit/Provider | Photo by Mark Avino, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM2020-00369) |
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Source | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |
Headline | Laser Ranger |
Label | Winner alt |
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Author | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Photographer, Mark Avino |
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City shown | Chantilly |
Date and time of data generation | 10:42, 14 January 2020 |
JPEG file comment | Apollo Laser Ranger Retro-Reflector (A19730063000) in Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangerat Steven Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA, January 14, 2020. (Smithsonian Photo by Mark Avino) [20200114MA_0204] [NASM2020-00369] |
Lens used | XCD 90 |
Serial number of camera | UQ26011498 |
Writer | NASM Archives |
Original transmission location code | PHOTO-2020-00003 |
Date metadata was last modified | 09:56, 21 January 2020 |
File change date and time | 09:56, 21 January 2020 |
Date and time of digitizing | 10:42, 14 January 2020 |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |
Unique ID of original document | 7F78F61BBFC5C6CA843C0747A7B09901 |
Copyright status | Copyrighted |
Contact information | nasmphotos@si.edu
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Sublocation of city shown | Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center |
Province or state shown | VA |