"NASA's Laser Probe Interacts with Indian Moon Lander Chandrayaan-3"

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has successfully used a laser to bounce signals off India's Vikram lander on the Moon's surface, demonstrating a new way to locate objects and determine their exact locations from vast distances. The retroreflector on Vikram, provided by NASA, could revolutionize future landing attempts and space exploration by providing a low-tech solution for navigation in the dark. Despite initial difficulties, the success opens the door for future missions to utilize similar technology, with several landers with NASA retroreflectors already scheduled to attempt Moon landings.