Loading the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter into the thermal vacuum chamber
at Goddard Space Flight Center.
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is the first mission in NASA's Vision for
Space Exploration program, a plan to return to the moon and then to travel
to Mars and beyond. The mission will gather crucial data on the lunar
environment that will help astronauts prepare for long-duration lunar
expeditions.
More information about NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission can be
found at http://www.nasa.gov/lro.
JPL designed, built and manages the Diviner instrument for NASA's
Exploration Science Mission Directorate, Washington. UCLA is home
institution of Diviner's principal investigator, David Paige. NASA's
Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland manages the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter. It is a NASA mission with international
participation from the Institute for Space Research in Moscow.