NASA'S LRO ENTERS MOONS ORBIT AFTER 5 DAYS OF TRAVEL
After a successful insertion rocket burn on the morning of June 23, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's orbit was established shortly before 6:30 a.m. EDT.Rocket burns initiated by controllers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., have helped the moon capture LRO, which arrived after a five-day journey.Now LRO begins its primary mission of mapping the lunar surface to find future landing sites and searching for resources that would make possible a permanent human presence on the moon.Over the next several days, LRO's instruments will be turned on and its final orbit around the moon will be reached.
