The optical device, a much more compact version of the retroreflector originally left on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission by Neil Armstrong ... After touchdown, ASI will enable long-term laser ...

That's the anticipated objective of an innovative science instrument called NGLR (Next Generation Lunar Retroreflector ... laser ranging observatories, which could greatly improve on Apollo ...

Learn more about the history of CU in space. Fifty years after it was first laid out on the moon, the Laser Ranging Retroreflector experiment, the brainchild of JILA's James Faller, is still in use.

This time, Currie is principal investigator for the retroreflector project, a position held on the Apollo 11 project ... who's overseeing lunar laser ranging as Space Geodesy Project manager ...