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Friday May 22, 2009
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Ready for a return to the moon? NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will collect information about the moon's poles, measure radiation, and check out potential sites for an eventual human return to the moon's surface in 2020--and it's on track for a June 17th launch aboard an Atlas V rocket, according to Space.com.
NASA is launching the orbiter in tandem with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), which will plunge into the surface of the moon in an attempt to find water ice. LRO's seven instruments will help scientists compose high resolution,
three-dimensional maps of the lunar surface as well as complete a survey of the far ultraviolet spectrum, the report said. (Image credit: NASA)
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Jamie Lendino
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