NASA’s LRO Steps Up Lunar Ice Search

Credit: LRO: NASA
HOUSTON – NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is ratcheting up its search for and characterization of potential ice deposits in permanently shadowed craters at the Moon’s south pole, following a pair of altitude-lowering maneuvers. The May 4 maneuvers permit the polar-orbiting LRO to pass...

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