Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: NASA Returns To The Moon With First Lunar Launch In A Decade
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 23:28
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will relay more information about the lunar environment than any other previous mission to the moon.
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