New Moon Orbiter Sends First Lunar Snapshots
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, were activated June 30. The cameras are working well and have returned images of a region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds). As the moon rotates beneath LRO, LROC gradually will build up photographic maps of the lunar surface. read more
New Moon Orbiter Sends First Lunar Snapshots
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from SPACE.com
New Moon Orbiter Sends First Lunar Snapshots, Fri 3 Jul 09 from FOXNews
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's first moon images available
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance ...
Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg
Probe returns first Moon images
The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since reaching the Moon.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from BBC News
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LRO transmits first lunar images
GREENBELT, Md., July 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has used its two cameras to transmit its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from UPI
First Moon images sent back by Nasa orbiter show incredible details just 10ft across
Nasa's lunar orbiter has sent back stunning crisp images of the Moon's surface, which show features as small as 10ft across.
Fri 3 Jul 09 from Daily Mail
New Focus on the Moon
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken and received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long mapping mission of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor. The LROC imaging ...
Thu 2 Jul 09 from Newswise
First Moon Images From Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has transmitted its first images since reaching the moon on June 23. The spacecraft's two cameras, collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance ...
Thu 2 Jul 09 from Scientific Blogging
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