15 Years Ago: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Begins Moon Mapping Mission

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LRO and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite LCROSS launched together from Cape Canaveral Air Force, now Space Force, Station on June 18, 2009, atop an Atlas V launch vehicle. The primary mission of the LRO, managed by NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, involved imaging the entire 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...
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