Lower your blast shield and stretch out with your feelings

Launched #OTD in 1976 (a year before we 1st witnessed Luke's lightsaber training), LAGEOS was a laser-ranging satellite able to measure small changes in the Earth. #StarWarsDay
https://go.nasa.gov/3AOjEXJ
#NASAhistory

Now 40, LAGEOS Set the Bar for Studies of Earth

Still going strong after 40 years in space, the LAGEOS satellite was NASA's first orbiter dedicated to precise laser measurements of Earth.

^NASA