<p>Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA<br>
The NASA Special Publication 246, <i>Lunar Photographs from Apollos 8, 10, and 11</i> (1971) has the following caption for this photo:
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<dl><dd>This is a closeup view of the laser-ranging retroreflector experiment. The purpose of this experiment is to reflect back to Earth the laser beams directed at the reflector from Earth. From data obtained from this experiment, more precise Earth-to-Moon distances can be determined.</dd></dl><p>This photo was used in Figure 4-3 in the <i>Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report</i> (NASA SP-214), 1969, which has the following caption:
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<dl><dd>Laser Ranging Retroreflector experiment. (NASA AS11-40-5952)</dd></dl><p>This photo was also used in Figure 7-7 in the <i>Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report</i>, which has the following caption:
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<dl><dd>The LRRR deployed on the Moon.</dd></dl>
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