LRO and LCROSS lauched by NASA

samedi 27 juin 2009

 

The probes LRO and LCROSS are close to the moon after a successful launch Thursday 18th June The Atlas V rocket had torn the shooting from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 21h32 GMT and 45 minutes later the main probe, LRO, LCROSS separated from, which pursues its course with the upper level of Centaur rocket.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter should the Moon on Tuesday morning and was positioned on an elliptical orbit (stretching between 30 and 261 km of the Moon) for a period of 60 days. Then LRO was placed on its circumpolar orbit (passing over the poles) 50 km from the lunar surface, where it must provide for one year a lot of information about the presence or absence of hydrogen and iced Water on the Moon.
LRO for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will conduct investigations that will prepare future human exploration to the moon.
LCROSS for Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite will include confirming the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the Moon’s South Pole.
The Launch of LRO and LCROSS via Nasa.