Louis D. Smullin and group that measured distance to moon, 1962

Object summary

Title: Louis D. Smullin and group that measured distance to moon, 1962
Object ID: GCP-00023975
Date made: 1962
Place made: United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge, MIT, Research Laboratory of Electronics
Maker: MIT Photo Service
Object type: Photograph
Major collection: MIT History
Named collection: Biographical/Subject Files Collection
On view: No

Description

Louis Dijour Smullin and colleagues from the RLE group that measured the distance to the moon with an optical maser, review the experiments data at a blackboard.

Original Credit Line: MIT Photo Service. Original Caption: "Dr. Louis Smullin (center, at blackboard) of M.I.T. Research Laboratory of Electronics goes over data with associates which showed the group had successfully sent bursts of light from an optical maser to the moon and received reflections back."