Pratt - Whitney Rocketdyne Powers First Mission in Plan to Return to the Moon

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne today powered the launch of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter/Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LRO/LCROSS) mission in its planned return to the moon from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The two spacecraft were aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket powered by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's RL10 upper-stage engine and the RD AMROSS, LLC RD-180