Bouncing a Laser Off the Moon

Submitted by Rebecca on Thu, 2013-08-15 10:40
1969-01-01 00:00:00

One month after Neil Armstrong took the first “small step” on the Moon, McDonald Observatory bounced a laser beam off a reflector left on the Moon by Apollo 11. The experiment measured the Earth-Moon distance with an accuracy of a few inches.

Milestone Type: 
Discovery