Reconnaissance Orbiter stories:
NASA finds signs of water on the moon
Sep 18th, 2009 - TG Daily
Thermal observations from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), indicate that there may be water on the surface of the moon. The thermal mapping is being carried out by the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment...
NASA probe scents crusty bonanza in dark moon bottoms
Sep 18th, 2009 - The Register
NASA says that its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) probe in orbit around the Moon has detected neutron signatures indicating possible frozen water deposits hidden in craters at the lunar south pole.
Apollo Sites Spotted by Lunar Scout
Jul 17th, 2009 - AOL News
(July 17) - For stubborn folks who still believe the Apollo astronauts never landed on the moon, NASA has new images — definitive proof — that clearly show the Apollo 11 lander that carried the first astronauts to the lunar surface 40 years ago.
Lunar orbiter photographs Apollo landing sites
Jul 17th, 2009 - CNET
Forty years after the Apollo 11 voyage to the moon, NASA released photographs from the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft Friday showing five of the six Apollo landing sites...
NASA unleashes Moon-attack probe
Jun 19th, 2009 - The Register
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) were successfully projected Moonwards yesterday atop an Atlas V rocket. The launch from Cape Canaveral was at 21:32 GMT...
Reconnaissance Orbiter videos from YouTube:
6:11LRO\LCROSS launch 06 18 09
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched at 5:32 pm EDT aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will relay more information about the lunar environment than any other previous mission to the moon ...
4:56Our World: The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Learn about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. As it orbits the moon for one year, LRO will collect moon temperatures, determine safe landing sites for future NASA missions and more!
7:20Real World: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission
Join NASA scientists for a look at the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. Find out about the instruments that will make a comprehensive map of the moon and search for safe landing sites by collecting unprecedented amounts of data.
5:54Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar exploration efforts ...
