In fact, scientists have discovered evidence for water or hydrogen, a component of water, in special places on the moon.
Reliable power and potential lunar resources make the lunar poles attractive enough to attempt hairy landings on a crater rim. It's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed the first round of environmental testing at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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NASA has selected 24 scientists to initiate new investigations and assist with planned measurements to be conducted by the agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
LRO and SDO will be the first missions to use a new antenna network at the White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.
The LRO will travel to the moon in late fall 2008, mapping the surface to help pave the way for humans to return.
Goddard is ready to start building the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter