Friday / 22 November 2019

LRO Surpasses 10 Years In Orbit With Images Of Longjiang-2 Site And Giordano Bruno Crater

NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Originally Designed For One Year Of Operations, Exceeds 10 Years Of Mission Returning 1.1 Petabytes Of Data; Orbiter Cameras Image Impact Site Of China Longjiang-2, Part Of Chang’e-4 Mission, But Are Unable To Locate India Chandrayaan-2; LRO Returns High-Resolution Photos Of Cliffs Within Giordano Bruno Crater; With An Estimated 7 Years Of Service Life Left, LRO Is Expected To Play Part In Reconnaissance For Artemis Human Lunar Landings

Credits: NASA