LRO, Piggyback Satellite Head for Moon
Credit: PAT CORKERY/UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE
United Launch Alliance sent this Atlas V carrying NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its piggyback Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) to the Moon June 18, dodging thunderstorms to get off the pad at Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., at 5:32 p.m. EDT on the final launch window...
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