China blasts laser 80,778 miles to the Moon and back in a daylight world-first
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China successfully fired a precision laser to the Moon and back in broad daylight, a world-first achievement. The 80,778-mile round-trip laser shot, bounced off a satellite orbiting the Moon, demonstrates China's growing space capabilities. This breakthrough expands tracking technology limits and will support China's lunar exploration goals, including plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030.
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