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LRO Data Leads Researchers to Lost Russian Retroflector
UCSD researchers successfully pinpointed the location of a long lost light reflector on the lunar surface by bouncing laser signals from Earth to the Russian Lunokhod 1 retroreflector using LRO coordinates of the rover itself.
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New Lunar Images Include Sites Visited, Photographed by Apollo 15 Crew
These LRO images show some of the basaltic rocks, lava rilles and other features visited by the Apollo 15 crew, as well as Dante Crater - where the evidence of the Moon's volcanic past may be exposed.
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New Lunar Images and Data Available to the Public
The Planetary Data System has released data sets from the seven instruments on board NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, allowing the public to follow along with NASA on its journey of lunar discovery.
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LRO Team Begins to Release New Image Series
The LRO team begins a new series of featured images today that highlight regions of interest for potential future human and robotic lunar exploration.
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NASA Awards Contract for Moon-Bound Mission
NASA has selected Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Calif., to receive a contract for the propulsion system for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft.
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LROC Prepares for Planetary Data System Data Transfer →
The first Planetary Data System (PDS) LRO data release will occur in mid-March 2010. To help interested users familiarize themselves with the data before the official release date the LROC team will periodically release draft data.
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NASA Unveils Latest Results From Lunar Mission
NASA is unveiling the latest results from LRO at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.
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NASA 'Drops' Next Generation Robotic Lander During Autonomous Tests
NASA has successfully completed a series of autonomous "drop" tests of a robotic lander test article.
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Popular Science Recognizes LRO in 'Best of What's New'
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is cited as one of the best innovations in aviation in the December issue of Popular Science.
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LRO Helps LCROSS With Crater Selection; Will Observe Impact
LRO has made detailed observations to support the LCROSS selection of a lunar south pole crater for its October 9 impact.
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NASA Goddard Shoots the Moon to Track LRO
The laser ranging effort to track the LRO spacecraft produces distance measurements accurate to within about four inches over nearly 250,000 miles.
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LRO Early Results Press Conference
NASA showcased new images from LRO's seven instruments and provided updates about the topography of the moon's south pole during a news conference on Sept. 17, 2009.
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Robotic Lunar Lander Testing
NASA has successfully demonstrated the first autonomous flight of a new robotic lunar lander test article.
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Robotic Lunar Lander Thruster Hot-Fire Tests
On Sept. 15, 2009, NASA successfully completed a series of hot-fire tests for a new generation of multi-use robotic lunar landers.
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NASA Lunar Satellite Begins Detailed Mapping of Moon's South Pole
NASA reported Thursday that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and entered its mapping orbit of the moon.
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NASA And ISRO Satellites Perform In Tandem To Search For Ice On The Moon
NASA and ISRO will attempt a novel joint experiment that could yield more information on whether ice exists in a permanently shadowed crater near the north pole of the moon.
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The Ultimate Long Distance Communication
When NASA engineers designed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they knew it would need an extraordinary communications system.
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NASA Radar Tandem Searches For Ice On The Moon
With the Mini-RF instrument flying aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, the space agency now has two powerful tools searching for ice on the moon.
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NASA's LRO Spacecraft Sends First Lunar Images to Earth
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23.
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NASA Lunar Mission Successfully Enters Moon Orbit
After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon.
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NASA Returning to the Moon with First Lunar Launch in a Decade
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.