Planets and Moons ID: 10438

LRO: Mapping Our Future

Released on May 21, 2009

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar exploration efforts. LRO focuses on the selection of safe landing sites, identification of lunar resources and the study of how lunar radiation will affect humans.

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For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/overview/

Credits

Rich Melnick (HTSI): Video Editor
Richard Vondrak (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Craig Tooley (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Cathy Peddie (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
John Keller (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Dana Hurley (SwRI): Interviewee
Ashwin Vasavada (NASA/JPL CalTech): Interviewee
Rich Melnick (HTSI): Producer
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Project Support
Erica Drezek (HTSI): Videographer
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Videographer
Chris Smith (HTSI): Videographer
Michelle Williams (UMBC): Videographer

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. Some of the lunar visualization used in this video uses elevation data from JAXA/SELENE.