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 a...

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Main Authors: Sun, Xiaoli (Author), Smith, David Edmund (Author), Hoffman, Evan D. (Author), Wake, Shane W. (Author), Cremons, Daniel R. (Author), Mazarico, Erwan (Author), Lauenstein, Jean-Marie (Author), Zuber, Maria T. (Author), Aaron, Edward C. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Optical Society, 2020-04-08T18:29:00Z.
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