La Nasa ritorna sulla Luna, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched

Nasa has successfully launched two spacecraft to the Moon on missions that will pave the way for a return to the lunar surface by US astronauts.
(Nasa)

Video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8108448.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8107197.stm (18 Giugno 2009)


NASA
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched at 5:32 p.m. 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.

The orbiter, known as LRO, separated from the Atlas V rocket carrying it and a companion mission, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.
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