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LRO, LCROSS Liftoff on Lunar Journey Friday, June 19, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, successfully separated from the Centaur upper stage and Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, spacecraft at 6:16:43 p.m. EDT. The official transfer of control from the Centaur rocket to LCROSS is expected about 9:30 p.m. LRO will reach the moon on Tuesday at 5:43 a.m. LCROSS and the Centaur rocket will stay attached for the next four months. They will then separate and be directed to impact the moon on Oct. 9, UTC. (source: nasa.gov)
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