Showing posts with label Impact from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Line of Sight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Impact from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Line of Sight. Show all posts

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Impact from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Line of Sight

Scientist and engineers are adjusting LRO's orbit to have it fly its closest approach to the Cabeus target site just 90 seconds after the Centaur impacts the lunar surface.Artist Concept of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter with Apollo mission imagery in the background. Credit: NASA The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, better known as LRO, was a sister payload to LCROSS during launch and now the