LRO/LCROSS: Back to the Moon.

Launch of LRO/LCROSS! (Credit:Ben Cooper).

A quiet storm began last month at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. On June 18th, 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) lifted off towards our nearest neighbor, the Moon. This marks the first of NASA’s unmanned missions that will herald the eventual return of man to the Moon. As this [...]