Science
NASA shoots laser beam at Moon for research
NASA successfully bounced laser beams off of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
NASA recently made headlines with the successful bouncing of laser beams off of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The experiment, conducted by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) team at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, aimed to measure the distance between the LRO and the Earth with unprecedented accuracy.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/laser-beams-reflected-between-earth-and-moon-boost-science