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| On 2008-05-17, the name of the school was listed in a database that was placed in a microchip on the LRO. |  |
The microchip will be included on the orbiter. To confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at either the Moon's North or South Pole. A participation certificate was issued to the school, as shown below. |
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Mission Participation Certificate dated 2008-05-17 [#940532] was issued to the school. |
***** Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission: Home (NASA) *****
Wikipedia (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)
| Launch Date | 2009-06-18 21:12 UTC due |
| End of Mission Date | 2010 to 2014 |
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is due to be launched by a Atlas 401 vehicle from Launch Complex 41 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Florida.
Our previous space missions were
Mars - Mer-A & Mer-B
Deep Impact
New Horizons
Kaguya (Selene)
Dawn
Kepler
Atlas V Launch Vehicle
The Atlas V is an expendable launch, medium-lift vehicle.
The first Atlas V was successfully launched 1989-02-14, at Cape Canaveral. There
are two primary versions of the Atlas V (400 and 500 series).
Specifications
Primary Function: Space lift vehicle
Launch Sites: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla.; Space Launch
Complex 3E, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
Builder: Boeing Company, Expendable Launch Systems
Thrust (at liftoff) : 3,820,000 Newtons
Height: 59.700 metres
Diameter: Fairing - 5.00 metres , Core - 3.81 metres
Weight: 333,298 kg
This page updated: Wednesday, 2009-06-17 