Reflect on This: NASA Array on Moon Lander

The laser retro-reflector array itself earlier than being put in on the Beresheet Moon lander.
Credit score: SpaceIL/Courtesy Xiaoli Solar/GSFC

An Israeli spacecraft is headed for the Moon, slated to the touch down in April inside Mare Serenitatis on the northern hemisphere of the Moon. Onboard is an experiment — smaller than a pc mouse — that would allow spot-on contact downs of future robotic and human-carrying landers.

NASA experiment after set up (the array is mounted on the highest of the spacecraft, decrease left, at about 7 o’clock place).
Credit score: SpaceIL/Courtesy Xiaoli Solar/GSFC

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NASA’s Piggyback Experiment on Israeli Moon Lander May Support Future Lunar Touchdowns

By Leonard David

https://www.space.com/israel-moon-lander-nasa-instrument.html