Mission Update : Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Mission Overview

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's Vision for Space Exploration, a plan to return to the moon and then to travel to Mars and beyond. LRO will launch in late 2008 with the objectives to finding safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology
Read more about it at:
http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html


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