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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)

Published: Jul 19, 2019, 9:28 PM

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

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