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LROC Heaters and Focus

What does the LROC team need to do before imaging can commence? First, we need to dry out the NAC telescope structures so the cameras will be in focus.

Published on 23 Jun 2009

LRO in lunar orbit!

This morning the LRO Team at Goddard Space Flight Center commanded LRO to execute a 40-minute burn that placed LRO into lunar orbit!

Published on 23 Jun 2009

LRO Mid-Course Correction Burn

LRO mid-course correction burn successful!

Published on 20 Jun 2009

LRO Launches Successfully

LRO, carrying the LROC and LCROSS instruments was successfully launched at 5:32 U.S. Eastern. Congratulations!

Published on 18 Jun 2009

LRO Launch now set for Thursday at 5:12 pm EDT

The LRO/LCROSS Atlas V 401 will be rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility towards the launch pad starting at 10 am this morning (June 17) in preparation for a launch...

Published on 17 Jun 2009

LRO Launch Window

The LRO launch window is currently in flux due to the slip of the Space Shuttle Endeavor launch. LRO is currently set for launch on the 18th, with a possible launch window of...

Published on 16 Jun 2009

LRO spacecraft model now available!

Future rocket scientists needed - some assembly required.

Published on 30 May 2009

NAC Cleanroom Calibration - Flatfield Images

Last year calibration of LROC Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC) took place at the Malin Space Science Systems (San Diego).

Published on 04 Mar 2009

NAC Cleanroom Calibration - Baffle Tube

This is a "souvenir picture" of the first NAC taken last year in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. In this picture the large primary mirror of the NAC...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

NAC Cleanroom Calibration - The First NAC

Here is one of the LROC NAC cameras in the cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in 2008.  We're looking down the baffle tube. The white silver sickle-like form is the...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC)

One of the LROC Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC), photographed in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego last year.  The long silver tube is the baffle for...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

WAC Calibration

Here is a picture from last year showing the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. The WAC (foreground) looks towards the...

Published on 04 Mar 2009

Wide Angle Camera (WAC)

Here is a picture of the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) from last year, prior to its installation on the LRO spacecraft.  The silver vertical tube in the center with the...

Published on 04 Mar 2009