This week, the LOLA team held a review of the plans for environmental testing. The instrument has successfully completed all of its performance testing. We will now subject the instrument to the rigors of space travel, then test its performance again.

The LOLA instrument undergoing receiver testing. The instrument is the gold-colored box mounted to a supporting frame and pointed downward. The black optics underneath are directing light into the receiver telescope. The laser's beam expander is to the right of the receiver telescope.