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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Launch Videos

The videos on this page were shot during the week of the LRO/LCROSS launch (June 15-19, 2009) at Kennedy Space Center.

For more views of the LRO/LCROSS launch, including footage from inside the Missions Operations Control Room at Goddard and individual camera feeds of the launch from Kennedy, check out entry #10469.


LRO/LCROSS Atlas V Launch!NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite successfully launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT on June 18, 2009.     LRO/LCROSS Atlas V Launch!

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite successfully launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT on June 18, 2009.
Duration: 8.9 minutes
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  1280x720 (30 fps) QT (long) 287 MB
  1280x720 (59.94 fps) QT         8 GB
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Abbreviated LaunchThis is identical to the version above except that it is cropped down to only the 3 minutes surrounding the launch.    Abbreviated Launch

This is identical to the version above except that it is cropped down to only the 3 minutes surrounding the launch.
Duration: 3.1 minutes
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Behind the Scenes at the LRO/LCROSS LaunchExcitement is running high at Kennedy Space Center as NASA's top lunar experts prepare for the LRO/LCROSS launch.For complete transcript, click here.    Behind the Scenes at the LRO/LCROSS Launch

Excitement is running high at Kennedy Space Center as NASA's top lunar experts prepare for the LRO/LCROSS launch.

For complete transcript, click here.
Duration: 1.7 minutes
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LRO/LCROSS Launch Prep Behind the Scenes with Jim GarvinJim Garvin, NASA Goddard's Chief Scientist, gives his take on the LRO/LCROSS launch, NASAs first venture back to the moon in a decade.    LRO/LCROSS Launch Prep Behind the Scenes with Jim Garvin

Jim Garvin, NASA Goddard's Chief Scientist, gives his take on the LRO/LCROSS launch, NASAs first venture back to the moon in a decade.
Duration: 4.7 minutes
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  1280x720 (59.94 fps) QT         79 MB
  960x540 (29.97 fps) MPEG-4   164 MB
  1280x720 (30 fps) QT         159 MB
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Atlas V Moves to Launch PadNASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, rolled aboard their Atlas V rocket to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on the morning of June 17, 2009 in preparation for launch on June 18.    Atlas V Moves to Launch Pad

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, rolled aboard their Atlas V rocket to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on the morning of June 17, 2009 in preparation for launch on June 18.
Duration: 4.9 minutes
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Atlas V Moves to Launch Pad (Alternate)Another video of the roll out from farther away.    Atlas V Moves to Launch Pad (Alternate)

Another video of the roll out from farther away.
Duration: 2.1 minutes
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Animation Number:10443
Completed:2009-06-17
Editors:Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
 Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
Interviewees:Mike Wargo (NASA/HQ)
 James Garvin (NASA/GSFC)
Producers:Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
 Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
Videographers:Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
 Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC)
Series:LRO - Edited Features
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> LRO
SVS >> Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
SVS >> Launch
SVS >> Atlas
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