Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector, Apollo
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Bendix Aerospace Systems
notes: label: Summary
content: The Laser Ranging Retroreflector is a device that reflects light so that the paths of the reflected rays are parallel to those of the incident rays. Instruments placed on the lunar surface were used in experiments to reflect laser light back to Earth. The reflected light was used to provide precise measurements of the distance between the earth and the moon.
label: Summary
content: The Bendix Corporation donated this traning unit to the Museum in 1972.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
title: label: Title
content: Laser Ranger Retro-Reflector, Apollo
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
label: Location
content: National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
label: Exhibition
content: Destination Moon
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred by the NASA.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19730063000
objectType: label: Type
content: EQUIPMENT-Lunar
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Glass
label: Materials
content: Aluminum Alloy
label: Materials
content: Copper Alloy
label: Materials
content: Synthetic Fiber Fabric (Beta Cloth)
label: Materials
content: Plastic
label: Materials
content: Ink
label: Materials
content: Paint
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content: Velcro
label: Materials
content: Phenolic Resin
label: Materials
content: Ferrous Alloy
label: Materials
content: Adhesive Tape
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D (Overall): 82.5 × 68.6 × 43.2cm (2 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 2 ft. 3 in. × 1 ft. 5 in.)