Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Launch Videos

  • Released Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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The videos on this page were shot during the week of the LRO/LCROSS launch (June 15-19, 2009) at Kennedy Space Center.

For more views of the LRO/LCROSS launch, including footage from inside the Missions Operations Control Room at Goddard and individual camera feeds of the launch from Kennedy, check out entry #10469.

LRO/LCROSS Atlas V Launch!

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite successfully launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT on June 18, 2009.

Abbreviated Launch

This is identical to the version above except that it is cropped down to only the 3 minutes surrounding the launch.

Behind the Scenes at the LRO/LCROSS Launch

Excitement is running high at Kennedy Space Center as NASA's top lunar experts prepare for the LRO/LCROSS launch.

For complete transcript, click here.

LRO/LCROSS Launch Prep Behind the Scenes with Jim Garvin

Jim Garvin, NASA Goddard's Chief Scientist, gives his take on the LRO/LCROSS launch, NASAs first venture back to the moon in a decade.

Atlas V Moves to Launch Pad

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, rolled aboard their Atlas V rocket to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on the morning of June 17, 2009 in preparation for launch on June 18.

Atlas V Moves to Launch Pad (Alternate)

Another video of the roll out from farther away.

For More Information

See http://www.nasa.gov/LRO

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:54 PM EDT.

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