Science Program Takes Charge Of LRO

By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has completed a year-long mapping mission to scout landing spots for future robotic probes and piloted spacecraft and begun a new two-year science initiative to learn more about the Moon’s history and evolution.

With a station-keeping propulsion burn Sept. 16, LRO, which is in a 50-km. (30-mi.) polar orbit around the Moon, was ...

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