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Diviner is ready to start lunar mapping
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 24, 2009 The U.S. space agency's Diviner, an instrument that will map the moon's temperature, has entered a lunar orbit aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The instrument, a nine-channel radiometer built and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will also, for the first time, produce a map showing the composition of the moon, as well as a map showing how rocky the moon is. In addition, NASA said Diviner will identify cold traps and potential ice deposits, as well as landing hazards such as rough terrain or rocks to be avoided by future manned missions to the moon. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration mission, with participation from the Institute for Space Research in Moscow. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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NASA LRO Moon Mission Enters Lunar OrbitGreenbelt, MD (SPX) Jun 23, 2009 After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft's lunar orbit insertion at 6:27 a.m. EDT Tuesday. During transit to the moon, engineers performed a mid-course correction to get the spacecraft in the proper ... read more |
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