Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission

Book Overview

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was successfully launched on June 18, 2009 and joined an international eet of satellites (Japan's SELENE/Kaguya, China's Chang'E, and India's Chandrayaan-1) that have recently orbited the Moon for scienti c exploration p- poses. LRO is the rst step to ful ll the US national space goal to return humans to the Moon's surface, which is a primary objective of NASA's Exploration Systems Mission - rectorate (ESMD)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148999260X
• ISBN13: 9781489992604
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"