LRO/LCROSS Launch Moves Forward
The launch and mission teams for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft missions met on Wednesday in Florida for the Flight Readiness Review, or FRR. The...
View ArticleLRO/LCROSS Closer to Launch
The Flight Readiness Review for LRO/LCROSS was held June 10, and there were no issues or concerns that would preclude a launch on June 17. On June 11, a mission dress rehearsal was conducted. This was...
View ArticleNew Launch Date Set
As a result of the rescheduling of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission for June 17, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are now set to lift off...
View ArticleLRO/LCROSS Launch Date Set
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket on Thursday, June 18, at 5:12 p.m. EDT. Two additional...
View ArticleLRO/LCROSS Launch Day Arrives
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket today at 5:12 p.m. EDT. Two additional launch opportunities...
View ArticleNASA's Return to the Moon on Track
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket today at 5:12 p.m. EDT. The forecast looks promising with...
View ArticleFueling Under Way for Atlas V
Supercold propellants are flowing into the first and second stages of the Atlas V rocket as it proceeds smoothly toward today's scheduled liftoff at 5:12 p.m. EDT. The first stage of the Atlas V uses...
View ArticleStorm Watch Over Launch Site
Mission weather officers are monitoring a potential storm cell expected within the next hour. Fueling of the Atlas V/Centaur second stage will continue on schedule right now while mission managers look...
View ArticleAtlas and Centaur Fueling Completed
Fueling of the Atlas rocket and its Centaur upper stage has concluded. Small amounts will be replaced as the countdown continues to keep the fuel at flight levels for launch. No technical issues have...
View ArticleLast Launch Opportunity Chosen
No technical issues have arisen for an on-time liftoff, but mission managers have decided for a launch attempt on the last opportunity of the day, at 5:32 p.m. EDT, in hopes the storm cell will move...
View ArticleCountdown Enters Final Minutes
Mission managers have announced a "go" for the last launch attempt at 5:32 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch of two missions to the moon marks the first lunar foray for NASA's...
View ArticleLunar Spacecraft Launch to Moon!
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are bound for the moon after a flawless liftoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard an Atlas V...
View ArticleLRO and LCROSS Race for the Moon
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has separated from the Centaur upper stage and LCROSS spacecraft. LRO is on its way to the Moon. The trip will take about four days. Meanwhile the LCROSS spacecraft...
View ArticleLaunch Success
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will relay more information about the lunar...
View ArticleSuccessful Spacecraft Separation
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, successfully separated from the Centaur upper stage and Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, spacecraft at 6:16:43 p.m. EDT.The official...
View ArticleUpdates for June 19th
Flight operations team has tested payload and instruments are functional. Perfect performance!First trajectory correction maneuver completed.LCROSS is currently on its way to swing-by the moon. Closest...
View ArticleUpdates for June 20th
The flight operations team successfully completed the second trajectory correction maneuver and the spacecraft is steadily approaching the moon. At 5:00 p.m. PDT the spacecraft was approximately...
View ArticleStreaming Coverage of the Lunar Swingby
The flight team successfully completed the third trajectory correctionmaneuver (TCM) at approximately 4:00 a.m. PDT as the spacecraft prepares toexecute its lunar swingby. At 6:00 a.m. PDT the...
View ArticlePeriselene
LCROSS has reached periselene at 3:30:33 a.m. PDT. This is where LCROSS is at its closest approach to the moon during lunar swing-by. The spacecraft is 1,988 miles (3200 km) from the moon.
View ArticleAutomated Timed Sequence
The LCROSS mission operations team at NASA's Ames Research Center has issued the start of an automated timed sequence to command the spacecraft into the proper orientation to collect observations of...
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