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May 02, 2013

Scientists Use Laser to Find Soviet Moon Rover
Washington (RIA Novosti) May 02, 2013
French scientists successfully used a laser to find the Soviet-era Lunokhod 1 rover on the surface of the moon, 42 years after the first planetary exploration vehicle to land on another celestial body roamed the moon's surface, media reports said Monday. The scientists at the Cote d'Azur Observatory successfully bounced laser signals off a reflector that was known to be on the eight-wheeled Lunokhod 1 when it was carried to the moon on board the Soviet Luna 17 unmanned spacecraft in November 1970. ... read more

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