Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
(LRO)
(space probe orbiting the Moon)
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA space
probe orbiting the Moon, performing measurements.
It was launched in 2009 and is still in operation in 2024.
Instruments:
LCROSS was a companion of LRO, the pair being two parts of
a single NASA project.
(spacecraft,NASA,Moon)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
https://pds-geosciences.wustl.edu/missions/lro/
http://www-geodyn.mit.edu/chin.lro.ssr07.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006LPI....37.1949C/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007LPI....38.1764C/abstract
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/leag2014/presentations/keller.pdf
Referenced by pages:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
LCROSS
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