Return To The Moon: First Images Kick Off Mapping Mission
Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 23:35
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken and received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long mapping mission of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor.
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