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- India’s lunar mission Chandrayaan 2, scheduled to launch next month, will carry NASA’s laser instruments that allow scientists to make precise measurements of the distance to the Moon.
- Indian mission carries the NASA-owned laser retroreflector arrays.
- Retroreflectors are sophisticated mirrors, that reflect laser light signals sent from the Earth.
- The signals can help pinpoint precisely where the lander is, which scientists can use to precisely calculate the Moon’s distance from Earth.
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