LRO Spacecraft Gets Its First Look at Apollo Landing Sites
WASHINGTON — NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent…
MESSENGER Spacecraft Begins Historic Orbit Around Mercury
WASHINGTON — NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft successfully achieved orbit around Mercury at approximately 9 p.m. EDT Thursday. This marks the first time a spacecraft has accomplished this engineering and scientific milestone…
