Return To The Moon: First Images Kick Off Mapping Mission

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 07/02/2009 - 23:45

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken and received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long mapping mission of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor.

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