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LRO-LCROSS launch by an Atlas V rocket -06/2009

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-lus06-20200

Image Size 300 DPI: 27 * 33 cm

An Atlas V rocket blasts off with NASA's LRO/LRCOSS mission from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 5:32 p.m. EDT on June 18, 2009. The mission is expected to relay more information about the lunar environment than any other previous mission to the moon.

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2009 - ATLAS - ATLAS 5 - CAPE CANAVERAL - FLORIDA - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - LAUNCH - LAUNCH PAD - LAUNCHER - LCROSS - LRO - ROCKET - SPACE CENTER -