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Lunar Science and Lunar Laser Ranging
Panel Selection:
Inner Planets: Mercury, Venus, and the Moon.
Institution:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lunar Laser Ranging studies the Moon’s internal structure and properties by tracking the variations in the orientation and tidal distortion of the Moon as a function of time. Future missions to the Moon’s surface should include new laser ranging instrumentation capable of improved range accuracy.