1. A laser altimeter is to measure the heights of mountains and depths of valleys. 2. The Laser Altimeter failed and was declared a lost cause. 3. A magnetometer and laser altimeter were considered for the mission, but were not ultimately flown. 4. ICESat was a laser altimeter equipped satellite, which could measure the freeboard of ice flows. 5. One of the instruments, the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter ( LOLA ), was developed by Goddard. 6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineers touted an experiment aboard Endeavour called the shuttle laser altimeter . 7. Instrument payload could include a radio subsystem, laser altimeter , magnetometer, Langmuir probe, and a mapping camera. 8. Data from the spacecraft's laser altimeter gave scientists their first 3-D views of Mars'north polar ice cap. 9. The Laser Altimeter could measure the height of the CSM above the lunar surface to within one meter. 10. On November 9, " Hayabusa " performed a descent to to test the landing navigation and the laser altimeter .