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A Second Look at Apollo 11

A Second Look at Apollo 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 10

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. ...


Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

NASA Lunar Satellite Begins Detailed Mapping of Moon's South Pole

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(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

Lunar Orbit is Divine for NASA Instrument

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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.


Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

LRO lunar mission successfully enters moon orbit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

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., ...


LRO and LCROSS satellites

New NASA Missions to Reach Moon Tuesday, Sending Back Live Video

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created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(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, ...