Between 0133 and 1730 UTC tomorrow, December 10, the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will be monitoring the last lunar eclipse to occur in 2011. The spacecraft will get an excellent view of the event, since it orbits only 31 miles (nearly 50 kilometers) above its surface.
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9 December 2011
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The images and datasets sent back by the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show that the Moon is in fact a lot more complex from a geological standpoint than anyone first thought.This has prompted experts to call for a continuation of these investigations, in the hopes that one day the lunar mystery will be unt... |
17 September 2010
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is one of the two Moon-bound spacecraft that NASA launched this June, aboard an Atlas V delivery system. While the LCROSS impactor already finished its mission, after slamming a spent rocket stage, and then itself, into the lunar south pole, the LRO is still returning valuable d... |
16 December 2009
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The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft crashed into the Cabeus crater at the south pole of the Moon on Friday, October 9, just minutes after releasing its spent Centaurus upper stage in a free dive. As they both collapsed to the surface, the “eyes” of dozens of telescopes w... |
12 October 2009
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe, launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 18th, has only recently successfully entered the Moon's orbit. While the event marks the beginning of NASA's return to the natural satellite, which will culminate in 2020 with a proposed manne... |
25 June 2009
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