Aug 2 - The Orbiter has completed its mechanical environments testing. After measuring the mass properties of the spacecraft, we completed 3 axes of sine vibration, acoustics testing, and shock testing. Sine vibration shakes the spacecraft to simulate oscillations that may occur during launch. > More
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 NASA Tests Moon Imaging Spacecraft at Goddard
June 20 . LRO has completed the first round of environmental testing which ensure the spacecraft is prepared for its mission to collect the highest resolution images and most comprehensive geological data set ever returned from the moon.
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 One Million Names to the Moon
June 20 . A million names will be blasted into space and "to the moon" on LRO. That's how many people have submitted their names to this project.
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| The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is the first mission in NASA's Vision for Space Exploration, a plan to return to the moon and then to travel to Mars and beyond. The LRO objectives are to finding safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology.
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