This laser-enabled technique could one day help NASA astronauts find their way on the lunar surface.
It took the altimeter eight attempts to contact Vikrams retroreflector, according to NASA.
Keep practicing, LOLA.
The camera aboard NASA’s LRO took this picture of ISRO’s Vikram Lander.Image: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
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