Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

LRO Launches!

The Atlas V carrying the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft launches from SLC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 18th (Photo credit: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance).

The United States took its first steps towards returning Americans to the lunar surface today when the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:32 p.m.!


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