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How this local company helped Apollo 11 set course for GPS technology

The core team that was responsible for the production of the Lunar Laser Retro-Reflector’s triple prisms gather in the Heraeus fused silica plant in Hanau, Germany. The photo was taken in 1968. (Courtesy Heraeus Global Commercial Optics)

07202019 LUNAR 001.jpg — The core team that was responsible for the production of the Lunar Laser Retro-Reflector’s triple prisms gather in the Heraeus fused silica plant in Hanau, Germany. The photo was taken in 1968. (Courtesy Heraeus Global Commercial Optics)

The Apollo 11 moon landing isn’t the only technological feat that has a 50th birthday on Saturday.