Image: Observatory aims green laser at the International Space Station

Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

During the evening of 8 October 2014, ESA's observatory on the island of Tenerife, Spain, lit up the International Space Station with a green laser, normally used for testing next-generation optical communication technologies.

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