Planets and Moons  ID: 10443

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Launch Videos

Released on June 17, 2009
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.

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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.

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Abbreviated Launch

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Atlas V Moves to Launch Pad (Alternate)

Another video of the roll out from farther away.

For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/LRO

Credits

Stefanie Misztal (UMBC): Video Editor
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Video Editor
Mike Wargo (NASA/HQ): Interviewee
James Garvin (NASA/GSFC): Interviewee
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Stefanie Misztal (UMBC): Producer
Stefanie Misztal (UMBC): Videographer
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Videographer
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/GSFC/KSC

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Mission:
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)

This item is part of these series:
Narrated Movies
LRO - Edited Features
Goddard Shorts

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> LRO
SVS >> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> Launch
SVS >> Atlas
DLESE >> Narrated
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons