News tagged with lro
A Second Look at Apollo 11
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 01, 2009 |
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A month after LROC's first image of the Apollo 11 landing site was acquired, LRO passed over again providing the LROC instrument a new view of the historic site. ...
NASA Lunar Satellite Begins Detailed Mapping of Moon's South Pole
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA reported Thursday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and entered its mapping orbit of the moon.
Lunar Orbit is Divine for NASA Instrument
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Diviner, an instrument that will make the first maps of the temperature on the surface of the lunar polar regions, entered the moon's orbit this morning (June 23) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
LRO lunar mission successfully enters moon orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2009 |
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After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., ...
New NASA Missions to Reach Moon Tuesday, Sending Back Live Video
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two NASA spacecraft will reach major mission milestones early Tuesday morning as they approach the moon -- one will send back live streaming imagery via the Internet as it swings by the moon, ...
