Sometimes the most enlightening experiments also happen to be the simplest. Conceptually, at least. A small array of instruments headed to Mars — in addition to one already there — holds the potential ...

The reflector would be used for laser range-finding observations by spacecraft orbiting the Moon. Credit: ispace Ispace’s European subsidiary and the Italian Space Agency plan to deploy a laser ...

India made history last year when it became only the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. This feat has only become more impressive as other landers have ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully bounced a laser off of a cookie-sized mirror on Inida's Vikram moon lander in an experiment that could greatly improve the precision of future moon ...

NASA scientists have been firing a laser beam at a reflector on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) for the last decade, and recently they received a signal back for the first time. This is the ...

Here, scientists at the Goddard Geophysical and Astronomical Observatory use the visible, green wavelength of light to shoot lasers at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The laser facility at the ...