On Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Atlas V/Centaur rocket reaches the launch pad carrying NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. Circling the pad are the protective lightning towers.
On Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Atlas V/Centaur rocket reaches the launch pad carrying NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. Circling the pad are the protective lightning towers.
Image credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
June 17, 2009