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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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LRO LAUNCHES TO THE MOON - JUNE 18, 2009
June 17, 2009 - NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket on Thursday, June 18, at 5:12 p.m. EDT.
Two additional launch opportunities are available at 5:22 p.m. and 5:32 p.m . In preparation for liftoff, the Atlas V launch vehicle has successfully rolled out to the launch pad.
Countdown milestones can be found on NASA's Launch Blog beginning about two hours prior to liftoff.
Mission Overview
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft will fly to the moon
atop the same Atlas V rocket, although they will use vastly different methods to study the lunar environment.
LRO will go into orbit around the moon, turning its suite of instruments towards the moon for thorough studies. The spacecraft also will be looking for potential landing sites for astronauts.
LCROSS, on the other hand, will guide an empty upper stage on a collision course with a permanently shaded crater in an effort to kick up evidence of water at the moon's poles.
LCROSS itself will also impact the lunar surface during its course of study.
Follow the mission or, read about it's objectives here:http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ LRO Updates from LRO himself!
Check back here everyday so I can tell you what I am doing. It's lonely out here in Space!Nasa Goddard
In this video :Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter 
This animation shows the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as if flies over the actual first images returned by its LROC instrument. Thus far LRO's commissioning has gone like clockwork with all systems reporting nominally. Keep up with new images and stories on www.nasa.gov/LRO Length: 0:20Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #776 about the Moon!! Lamp Star calibration completed and more data collect today :-) Aug 29, 2009Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #760 about the Moon!! Doing some LROC star scans today and data collect :-)Wed at 9:05am · Aug 26, 2009Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #725 about the Moon! More calibration slews and data collects today! :-)August 23 at 11:34am Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #715 Around the Moon! Earth scanning with LOLA and Mini RF today.August 22 at 1:27pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #687 around the Moon! I'm ready for my Mini-RF joint experiment with ISRO Chandrayaan-1's Mini SAR later today. We will both point at Erlanger Crater at the same time.August 20 at 6:39am Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #654 about the Moon! Check out latest info on my mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/lro and my website: http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/August 17 at 12:32pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #596 about the Moon!! Check out latest info on my mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/lro and my website: http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/August 12 at 5:16pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #583 around the Moon! Still humming along in my commissioning orbit, on track for Mission Orbit Insertion end of August! :-)August 11 at 2:31pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #570 around the Moon!! Collecting data and enjoying the Moon!! :-)August 10 at 2:21pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #558 around the Moon! LAMP Star Scanning and more data collection today! :-)August 9 at 2:24pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Check out my team's awesome video of Saturday's "We're at the Moon" event at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10475August 5 at 6:49amLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - My team says over 700 folks came to the Goddard Space Flight Center "We're at the Moon" event on Saturday....thanks for visiting my awesome team and seeing my data so far!! :-)August 3 at 10:24am Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #473 about the Moon! Collecting lots of cool moon data and I'm feeling fine! :-August 2 at 2:40pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - My team thanks all of you that came out to the "We're at the Moon Event" at the Goddard Space Flight Visitor Center yesterday!! :-)August 2 at 6:44am Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #449 about the Moon! My team invites you to the "We're at the Moon Event" at the Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center on Saturday August 1st 7-10pm :-)July 31 at 1:45pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #427 about the Moon!! Happily data collecting and LAMP activating :-)July 29 at 6:08pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #398 about the Moon!! LAMP is activating, all other instruments are data collecting :-)July 27 at 7:43am Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #374 about the Moon!! LAMP Phase 2 Activation begins today...July 25 at 8:38amLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #363 about the Moon!! Just completed a LOLA Earth Scan!!July 24 at 10:53am Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Happily orbiting the Moon on Orbit #342, all systems nominal :-)July 22 at 4:23pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Happily orbiting the Moon on Orbit #342, all systems nominal :-)July 22 at 4:23pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Happily orbiting the Moon on Orbit #342, all systems nominal :-)July 22 at 4:23pm Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Check out my photos of the Apollo Landing Sites at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.htmlNASA - LRO Sees Apollo Landing Sites - July 17 at 9:30am
This animation shows the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as if flies over the actual first images returned by its LROC instrument. Thus far LRO's commissioning has gone like clockwork with all systems reporting nominally. Keep up with new images and stories on www.nasa.gov/LRO
Length: 0:20
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #776 about the Moon!! Lamp Star calibration completed and more data collect today :-) Aug 29, 2009
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #760 about the Moon!! Doing some LROC star scans today and data collect :-)Wed at 9:05am · Aug 26, 2009
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #725 about the Moon! More calibration slews and data collects today! :-)August 23 at 11:34am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #715 Around the Moon! Earth scanning with LOLA and Mini RF today.August 22 at 1:27pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #687 around the Moon! I'm ready for my Mini-RF joint experiment with ISRO Chandrayaan-1's Mini SAR later today. We will both point at Erlanger Crater at the same time.August 20 at 6:39am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #654 about the Moon! Check out latest info on my mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/lro and my website: http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/August 17 at 12:32pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #596 about the Moon!! Check out latest info on my mission at: http://www.nasa.gov/lro and my website: http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/August 12 at 5:16pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #583 around the Moon! Still humming along in my commissioning orbit, on track for Mission Orbit Insertion end of August! :-)August 11 at 2:31pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #570 around the Moon!! Collecting data and enjoying the Moon!! :-)August 10 at 2:21pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #558 around the Moon! LAMP Star Scanning and more data collection today! :-)August 9 at 2:24pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Check out my team's awesome video of Saturday's "We're at the Moon" event at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10475August 5 at 6:49am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - My team says over 700 folks came to the Goddard Space Flight Center "We're at the Moon" event on Saturday....thanks for visiting my awesome team and seeing my data so far!! :-)August 3 at 10:24am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #473 about the Moon! Collecting lots of cool moon data and I'm feeling fine! :-August 2 at 2:40pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - My team thanks all of you that came out to the "We're at the Moon Event" at the Goddard Space Flight Visitor Center yesterday!! :-)August 2 at 6:44am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #449 about the Moon! My team invites you to the "We're at the Moon Event" at the Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center on Saturday August 1st 7-10pm :-)July 31 at 1:45pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #427 about the Moon!! Happily data collecting and LAMP activating :-)July 29 at 6:08pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #398 about the Moon!! LAMP is activating, all other instruments are data collecting :-)July 27 at 7:43am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #374 about the Moon!! LAMP Phase 2 Activation begins today...July 25 at 8:38am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Orbit #363 about the Moon!! Just completed a LOLA Earth Scan!!July 24 at 10:53am
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Happily orbiting the Moon on Orbit #342, all systems nominal :-)July 22 at 4:23pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Happily orbiting the Moon on Orbit #342, all systems nominal :-)July 22 at 4:23pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Happily orbiting the Moon on Orbit #342, all systems nominal :-)July 22 at 4:23pm
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Check out my photos of the Apollo Landing Sites at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/apollosites.htmlNASA - LRO Sees Apollo
Landing Sites - July 17 at 9:30am
LRO's Instrument Payload Suite consists of 7 Instruments Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation - The Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) will characterize the lunar radiation environment allowing scientists to determine potential biological impacts... By:LRO - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Source: lroc.sese.asu.edu
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Thanks to everyone for liking my first pics of the Moon!! :-) Check 'em out at http://www.nasa.gov/lro
