Uploaded July 2009 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Last month, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched to the Moon. It is a precursor mission to sending humans back to the Moon - permanently, this time! (as in rotating crews like the ISS)
It's also carrying a very interesting "secondary" mission called LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite), which will help answer the question "Is there water on the Moon?", which has the potential to be an invaluable resource for future lunar missions.
This video is compiled from two press briefs, which covered both LRO and LCROSS. This video focuses on LCROSS.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
Official LRO site:
lro.gsfc.nasa.gov
Official LCROSS site:
lcross.arc.nasa.gov/index.htm
original videos (includes plenty of good stuff about LRO!):
youtube.com/watch?v=D-GXjR_CZSE
youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9GRFdercM
Last month, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched to the Moon. It is a precursor mission to sending humans back to the Moon - permanently, this time! (as in rotating crews like the ISS)
It's also carrying a very interesting "secondary" mission called LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite), which will help answer the question "Is there water on the Moon?", which has the potential to be an invaluable resource for future lunar missions.
This video is compiled from two press briefs, which covered both LRO and LCROSS. This video focuses on LCROSS.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
Official LRO site:
lro.gsfc.nasa.gov
Official LCROSS site:
lcross.arc.nasa.gov/index.htm
original videos (includes plenty of good stuff about LRO!):
youtube.com/watch?v=D-GXjR_CZSE
youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9GRFdercM
