Small and lightweight laser retro-reflector arrays for lunar landers

Small and lightweight laser retro-reflector arrays for lunar landers

A set of small and lightweight laser retro-reflector arrays (LRAs) was fabricated and tested for use on lunar landers under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Service program. Each array contains eight 1.27-cm-diameter corner cube retro-reflectors mounted on a dome-shaped aluminum structure. The arrays...

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Main Authors:	Sun, Xiaoli, Smith, David Edmund, Hoffman, Evan D., Wake, Shane W., Cremons, Daniel R., Mazarico, Erwan, Lauenstein, Jean-Marie, Zuber, Maria T., Aaron, Edward C.
Other Authors:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Optical Society 2020
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124549

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