Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff

Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bZeDavyZ8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnrr7C_dxNc
NASA's LRO and LCROSS spacecraft on top of the Atlas V rocket launch from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

First Stage Booster Separation
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong

LRO　月周回軌道投入CG

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage3

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage

Launch Time Resets for 5:32 p.m.
"Launch Weather Conditions "No-Go" Now
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:09:31 AM GMT+0900
With storms over NASA's Kennedy Space Center moving south, the launch weather is "no-go" because of lightning and anvil clouds. The countdown is continuing, however, since the storms may pass before the launch opportunities arrive.
The first chance is at 5:12 p.m.
Other opportunities are 5:22 p.m. and 5:32 p.m."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html
Storm Expected in Area
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:30:28 AM GMT+0900
Launch weather officers expect a nearby thunderstorm to enter the area around Launch Complex 41 shortly and last about an hour.
The poor weather would potentially violate launch conditions. However, the tanking operations continue on schedule right now.

LRO/LCROSS Launch Day Arrives
LCROSS Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket
Launch Officials Give "Go" for Cryogenic Tanking
From the Mission Director's Center
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:39:57 AM GMT+0900

Today's edition of the NASA Launch Blog is originating from the Mission Director's Center inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. We are a couple miles from Launch Complex 41 where the Atlas V stands ready to send the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft to the moon. The Air Force station is adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Atlantic coast. NASA's Launch Services Program uses the base to launch uncrewed missions. In fact, America's first astronauts launched from complexes on the Air Force station in the 1960s. The Saturn V and space shuttle missions have all launched from Kennedy, though.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LCROSS Mission Update
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket on Thursday, June 18, at 5:12 p.m. EDT.
Two additional launch opportunities are available at 5:22 p.m. and 5:32 p.m.
Countdown milestones can be found on NASA's Launch Blog beginning at 2 p.m. EDT.

June 18
2 p.m. - LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage and Commentary
Launch Opportunities are at 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

LRO/LCROSS Mission Science Briefing

LRO Roll to Launch Pad

Launch Services Program

Launch Services Program
http://lsp.ksc.nasa.gov/

Post List[LCROSS Flight Director's Blog]
"Availability of the LCROSS trajectory on Horizons has been announced on Seesat-L (where those interested in observing fuel dumps from Centaur rockets have been known to gather): "
http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/lcrossfdblog
SeeSat-L Jun-09 : Re: LCROSS launch date info
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Jun-2009/0077.html
SeeSat-L Home Page
"SeeSat-L is the mailing list for visual satellite observers. "
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
Releases New Image of the Moon's South Pole
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_8.html

memorial: Atlas Centaur

Lcross Impact Observation Teams

Lcross Impact Observation Teams
Nor is Centaur the first rocket stage to be used in a scientific impact. Scientists on Earth measured the "moonquakes" that resulted from the impacts of the Saturn V third stages into the moon during the Apollo missions.
The Soviet Union also launched missions that impacted the moon. The first was the Luna 2 flight in 1959.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LCROSS Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LRO on its own
07:17:13 AM
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has separated from the Centaur upper stage and LCROSS spacecraft.

Centaur Shuts Down
07:14:18 AM
The Centaur's single engine has shut off as planned and the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft are coasting toward the moon. The LRO spacecraft will separate in about two minutes and follow its own course that will let it reach the moon in four days. The LCROSS spacecraft will stay connected to the Centaur upper stage and they will go into a long orbit around the moon and Earth that will culminate in their planned collision into the lunar south pole.

Centaur Ignites Engine Second Time
07:09:14 AM
The Centaur upper stage lit its engine for a second time to catapult the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft toward the moon. The burn will last five minutes. The rocket is over the Indian Ocean.

Centaur Engine Shuts Down as Planned
06:46:24 AM
The single engine on the Centaur upper stage shut down as planned. It will restart later to put the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft on a trajectory toward the moon. The LRO will separate soon after the end of the second burn since it will follow a different path to the moon than the LCROSS and Centaur will take.

Centaur Firing
06:46:04 AM
The Centaur upper stage is firing to push the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft higher and faster. The rocket is going 12,422 mph and climbing. It is 800 miles away from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

First Stage Booster Separation
06:38:19 AM
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
06:38:07 AM
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong
06:34:17 AM
The Atlas V rocket is gaining speed at altitude onthe strength of its RD-180 engine. It has just crossed the sound barrier and the region of maximum dynamic pressure. All systems working well. 11.3 miles high.

LIFTOFF!
06:32:33 AM
Liftoff of NASA's newest lunar explorers!

Atlas, Centaur on Internal Power
06:30:16 AM
The Atlas V booster and its Centaur upper stage are both operating on internal power. Two minutes to go.

Countdown Resumes
06:28:14 AM
The clock is moving backwards again from the T-4 minute point. Launch time is 5:32 p.m.

Launch Teams "Go" for Liftoff
06:26:31 AM
Working no technical issues and with the weather cleared over the launch site, NASA and United Launch Alliance controllers have declared themselves and the Atlas V rocket ready for liftoff at 5:32 p.m.
The two spacecraft aboard, the LRO and LCROSS, are also ready for their missions to the moon."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

France 24いわくkamikaze explorer(^_^;)
NASA heads back to the moon | France 24
"After examining the moon matter, the kamikaze explorer will follow the rocket's lead by also hurling itself into the moon at approximately 1.55 miles per second (2.5 kilometers per second) -- some 5,580 mph (9,000 km/h).
LRO, hopes to push learn more about the moon through a one-year stay at an orbit of about 31 miles (50 kilometers) -- the closest any spacecraft has continually orbited.
LRO's 500-million-dollar mission is designed to provide NASA with maps of unprecedented accuracy.
The probes' four-day, 238,000 mile (384,000 km) return to the moon 40 years after humans first set foot on its surface.
Senator Bill Nelson, who warned of grounded missions because of "unrealistic" funds allocated to NASA.
Nelson, a former space shuttle astronaut, told the first public meeting of the Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee in Washington that "NASA simply can't do the job it's been given" to return to the moon."
http://www.france24.com/en/20090618-nasa-heads-back-moon-0

金ならない(笑)、ロシアに乗せてもらうなんて恥だ
中国に負けたくない　金は出さないが米国が勝つのだ　
いつも通りのSenator Bill Nelson

Doubts grow about NASA moon return -18 June- New Scientist
"And in early June, the House Committee on Appropriations cut $670 million from NASA's budget for exploration, which provides funds for Constellation, a 17 per cent drop from the White House request of $3.96 billion.
"The Constellation Program has put together a viable architecture, but it has not been funded – it has not been funded to the level that we would need to see it through," he said, speaking at a public meeting of the committee in Washington, DC.
"The congressional budget numbers that have been provided to NASA basically took away the lunar programme.""
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17334-doubts-grow-about-nasa-moon-return.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=space

またもや、紙のプランに？ PV
"no longer just a program on paper"

KAGUYA (SELENE) Last shots captured by the HDTV
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_hdtv_e.html
JAXA｜月周回衛星かぐやSELENEラストショット画像
2009年6月11日3時14分（日本時間）撮影　（高度20.7Km）
「かぐや」は日陰である制御落下地点に向かったため、落下まで月面が暗くなって月面は撮影できませんでした。このため、今回の画像が「かぐや」のハイビジョンカメラで撮影した月面のラストショットとなります
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_hdtv_j.html

JAXA｜月周回衛星「かぐや（SELENE）」の地形カメラ等による制御落下軌道の立体視動画等の作成
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_tcmi_j.html

JAXA、「かぐや」低高度運用の成果を公開 - 衝突閃光の確認可能性も報告 | マイコミジャーナル
"月の表側の南緯65.5度東経80.4度付近に制御落下を--観測ができたという報告は日本は天候不順のためなく、オーストラリアのアングロ-オーストラリアン天文台、インドのアブ山天文台にて閃光が確認できたと報告"
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/news/2009/06/17/088/?rt=m&t=o&n=2815

「はやぶさ」カプセル再突入における地上観測研究会| ISAS
"小惑星探査機「はやぶさ」は、2010年6月の地球帰還をめざし軌道飛行を行っています。
ミッションの最終フェイズでは大気突入カプセルが秒速12 kmで地球再突入を行い、豪州の砂漠にて回収される予定です。
カプセルの回収は、再突入回廊を通過後のカプセルが開傘後に発振するビーコンを地上の複数局で受信することにより方向探索を行い、着地点を決定します。これに加えて、輻射光解析に基づく再突入軌道の再構築、着地点予測を冗長手段として考えています。
プロジェクト側では再突入から2〜3時間のうちに、光学情報に基づく着地点予測結果を得られることは非常に重要と考えております"
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/researchers/symp/2009/0718_hayabusa.shtml

Google、GmailのHTTPS暗号化通信をデフォルトへ - 専門家らの指摘受けマイコミジャーナル
"「HTTPSを常に有効にしておくことは、電子メールビジネス、特にフリーの電子メールサービスにおいてはほとんどありえないことだ。だがWebを安全でより有用にするための別の手段とも考えており、すべてのGmailユーザーに対してHTTPS通信を有効にすることが意味を成すのか検討中だ」
なお、既存ユーザーについては、設定メニューから意図的に「Always use https」を選択しなければ機能が有効にならないと同氏は付け加えている"
http://journal.mycom.co.jp/news/2009/06/17/072/?rt=m&t=o&n=2815

Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff!!

First Stage Booster Separation
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong

LRO　月周回軌道投入CG

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage3

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage

June 18
2 p.m. - LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage and Commentary
Launch Opportunities are at 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

LRO/LCROSS Mission Science Briefing

LRO Roll to Launch Pad

Launch Services Program

Launch Services Program
http://lsp.ksc.nasa.gov/

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
Releases New Image of the Moon's South Pole
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_8.html

memorial: Atlas Centaur

LCROSS Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LRO on its own
07:17:13 AM
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has separated from the Centaur upper stage and LCROSS spacecraft.

Centaur Shuts Down
07:14:18 AM
The Centaur's single engine has shut off as planned and the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft are coasting toward the moon. The LRO spacecraft will separate in about two minutes and follow its own course that will let it reach the moon in four days. The LCROSS spacecraft will stay connected to the Centaur upper stage and they will go into a long orbit around the moon and Earth that will culminate in their planned collision into the lunar south pole.

Centaur Ignites Engine Second Time
07:09:14 AM
The Centaur upper stage lit its engine for a second time to catapult the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft toward the moon. The burn will last five minutes. The rocket is over the Indian Ocean.

Centaur Engine Shuts Down as Planned
06:46:24 AM
The single engine on the Centaur upper stage shut down as planned. It will restart later to put the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft on a trajectory toward the moon. The LRO will separate soon after the end of the second burn since it will follow a different path to the moon than the LCROSS and Centaur will take.

Centaur Firing
06:46:04 AM
The Centaur upper stage is firing to push the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft higher and faster. The rocket is going 12,422 mph and climbing. It is 800 miles away from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

First Stage Booster Separation
06:38:19 AM
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
06:38:07 AM
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong
06:34:17 AM
The Atlas V rocket is gaining speed at altitude onthe strength of its RD-180 engine. It has just crossed the sound barrier and the region of maximum dynamic pressure. All systems working well. 11.3 miles high.

LIFTOFF!
06:32:33 AM
Liftoff of NASA's newest lunar explorers!

Atlas, Centaur on Internal Power
06:30:16 AM
The Atlas V booster and its Centaur upper stage are both operating on internal power. Two minutes to go.

Countdown Resumes
06:28:14 AM
The clock is moving backwards again from the T-4 minute point. Launch time is 5:32 p.m.

Launch Teams "Go" for Liftoff
06:26:31 AM
Working no technical issues and with the weather cleared over the launch site, NASA and United Launch Alliance controllers have declared themselves and the Atlas V rocket ready for liftoff at 5:32 p.m.
The two spacecraft aboard, the LRO and LCROSS, are also ready for their missions to the moon."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

金ならない(笑)、ロシアに乗せてもらうなんて恥だ
中国に負けたくない　金は出さないが米国が勝つのだ　
いつも通りのSenator Bill Nelson

またもや、紙のプランに？ PV
"no longer just a program on paper"

JAXA｜月周回衛星「かぐや（SELENE）」の地形カメラ等による制御落下軌道の立体視動画等の作成
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_tcmi_j.html

Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff!!

First Stage Booster Separation
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong

LRO　月周回軌道投入CG

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage3

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage

June 18
2 p.m. - LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage and Commentary
Launch Opportunities are at 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

LRO/LCROSS Mission Science Briefing

LRO Roll to Launch Pad

Launch Services Program

Launch Services Program
http://lsp.ksc.nasa.gov/

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
Releases New Image of the Moon's South Pole
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_8.html

memorial: Atlas Centaur

LCROSS Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LRO on its own
07:17:13 AM
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has separated from the Centaur upper stage and LCROSS spacecraft.

Centaur Shuts Down
07:14:18 AM
The Centaur's single engine has shut off as planned and the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft are coasting toward the moon. The LRO spacecraft will separate in about two minutes and follow its own course that will let it reach the moon in four days. The LCROSS spacecraft will stay connected to the Centaur upper stage and they will go into a long orbit around the moon and Earth that will culminate in their planned collision into the lunar south pole.

Centaur Ignites Engine Second Time
07:09:14 AM
The Centaur upper stage lit its engine for a second time to catapult the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft toward the moon. The burn will last five minutes. The rocket is over the Indian Ocean.

Centaur Engine Shuts Down as Planned
06:46:24 AM
The single engine on the Centaur upper stage shut down as planned. It will restart later to put the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft on a trajectory toward the moon. The LRO will separate soon after the end of the second burn since it will follow a different path to the moon than the LCROSS and Centaur will take.

Centaur Firing
06:46:04 AM
The Centaur upper stage is firing to push the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft higher and faster. The rocket is going 12,422 mph and climbing. It is 800 miles away from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

First Stage Booster Separation
06:38:19 AM
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
06:38:07 AM
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong
06:34:17 AM
The Atlas V rocket is gaining speed at altitude onthe strength of its RD-180 engine. It has just crossed the sound barrier and the region of maximum dynamic pressure. All systems working well. 11.3 miles high.

LIFTOFF!
06:32:33 AM
Liftoff of NASA's newest lunar explorers!

Atlas, Centaur on Internal Power
06:30:16 AM
The Atlas V booster and its Centaur upper stage are both operating on internal power. Two minutes to go.

Countdown Resumes
06:28:14 AM
The clock is moving backwards again from the T-4 minute point. Launch time is 5:32 p.m.

Launch Teams "Go" for Liftoff
06:26:31 AM
Working no technical issues and with the weather cleared over the launch site, NASA and United Launch Alliance controllers have declared themselves and the Atlas V rocket ready for liftoff at 5:32 p.m.
The two spacecraft aboard, the LRO and LCROSS, are also ready for their missions to the moon."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

金ならない(笑)、ロシアに乗せてもらうなんて恥だ
中国に負けたくない　金は出さないが米国が勝つのだ　
いつも通りのSenator Bill Nelson

またもや、紙のプランに？ PV
"no longer just a program on paper"

JAXA｜月周回衛星「かぐや（SELENE）」の地形カメラ等による制御落下軌道の立体視動画等の作成
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_tcmi_j.html

Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff!!

First Stage Booster Separation
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong

LRO　月周回軌道投入CG

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage3

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage

June 18
2 p.m. - LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage and Commentary
Launch Opportunities are at 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

LRO/LCROSS Mission Science Briefing

LRO Roll to Launch Pad

Launch Services Program

Launch Services Program
http://lsp.ksc.nasa.gov/

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
Releases New Image of the Moon's South Pole
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_8.html

memorial: Atlas Centaur

LCROSS Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LRO on its own
07:17:13 AM
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has separated from the Centaur upper stage and LCROSS spacecraft.

Centaur Shuts Down
07:14:18 AM
The Centaur's single engine has shut off as planned and the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft are coasting toward the moon. The LRO spacecraft will separate in about two minutes and follow its own course that will let it reach the moon in four days. The LCROSS spacecraft will stay connected to the Centaur upper stage and they will go into a long orbit around the moon and Earth that will culminate in their planned collision into the lunar south pole.

Centaur Ignites Engine Second Time
07:09:14 AM
The Centaur upper stage lit its engine for a second time to catapult the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft toward the moon. The burn will last five minutes. The rocket is over the Indian Ocean.

Centaur Engine Shuts Down as Planned
06:46:24 AM
The single engine on the Centaur upper stage shut down as planned. It will restart later to put the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft on a trajectory toward the moon. The LRO will separate soon after the end of the second burn since it will follow a different path to the moon than the LCROSS and Centaur will take.

Centaur Firing
06:46:04 AM
The Centaur upper stage is firing to push the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft higher and faster. The rocket is going 12,422 mph and climbing. It is 800 miles away from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

First Stage Booster Separation
06:38:19 AM
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
06:38:07 AM
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong
06:34:17 AM
The Atlas V rocket is gaining speed at altitude onthe strength of its RD-180 engine. It has just crossed the sound barrier and the region of maximum dynamic pressure. All systems working well. 11.3 miles high.

LIFTOFF!
06:32:33 AM
Liftoff of NASA's newest lunar explorers!

Atlas, Centaur on Internal Power
06:30:16 AM
The Atlas V booster and its Centaur upper stage are both operating on internal power. Two minutes to go.

Countdown Resumes
06:28:14 AM
The clock is moving backwards again from the T-4 minute point. Launch time is 5:32 p.m.

Launch Teams "Go" for Liftoff
06:26:31 AM
Working no technical issues and with the weather cleared over the launch site, NASA and United Launch Alliance controllers have declared themselves and the Atlas V rocket ready for liftoff at 5:32 p.m.
The two spacecraft aboard, the LRO and LCROSS, are also ready for their missions to the moon."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

金ならない(笑)、ロシアに乗せてもらうなんて恥だ
中国に負けたくない　金は出さないが米国が勝つのだ　
いつも通りのSenator Bill Nelson

またもや、紙のプランに？ PV
"no longer just a program on paper"

JAXA｜月周回衛星「かぐや（SELENE）」の地形カメラ等による制御落下軌道の立体視動画等の作成
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_tcmi_j.html

Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff!!

First Stage Booster Separation
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong

LRO　月周回軌道投入CG

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage3

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage

June 18
2 p.m. - LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage and Commentary
Launch Opportunities are at 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

LRO/LCROSS Mission Science Briefing

LRO Roll to Launch Pad

Launch Services Program

Launch Services Program
http://lsp.ksc.nasa.gov/

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
Releases New Image of the Moon's South Pole
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_8.html

memorial: Atlas Centaur

LCROSS Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LRO on its own
07:17:13 AM
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has separated from the Centaur upper stage and LCROSS spacecraft.

Centaur Shuts Down
07:14:18 AM
The Centaur's single engine has shut off as planned and the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft are coasting toward the moon. The LRO spacecraft will separate in about two minutes and follow its own course that will let it reach the moon in four days. The LCROSS spacecraft will stay connected to the Centaur upper stage and they will go into a long orbit around the moon and Earth that will culminate in their planned collision into the lunar south pole.

Centaur Ignites Engine Second Time
07:09:14 AM
The Centaur upper stage lit its engine for a second time to catapult the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft toward the moon. The burn will last five minutes. The rocket is over the Indian Ocean.

Centaur Engine Shuts Down as Planned
06:46:24 AM
The single engine on the Centaur upper stage shut down as planned. It will restart later to put the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft on a trajectory toward the moon. The LRO will separate soon after the end of the second burn since it will follow a different path to the moon than the LCROSS and Centaur will take.

Centaur Firing
06:46:04 AM
The Centaur upper stage is firing to push the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft higher and faster. The rocket is going 12,422 mph and climbing. It is 800 miles away from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

First Stage Booster Separation
06:38:19 AM
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
06:38:07 AM
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong
06:34:17 AM
The Atlas V rocket is gaining speed at altitude onthe strength of its RD-180 engine. It has just crossed the sound barrier and the region of maximum dynamic pressure. All systems working well. 11.3 miles high.

LIFTOFF!
06:32:33 AM
Liftoff of NASA's newest lunar explorers!

Atlas, Centaur on Internal Power
06:30:16 AM
The Atlas V booster and its Centaur upper stage are both operating on internal power. Two minutes to go.

Countdown Resumes
06:28:14 AM
The clock is moving backwards again from the T-4 minute point. Launch time is 5:32 p.m.

Launch Teams "Go" for Liftoff
06:26:31 AM
Working no technical issues and with the weather cleared over the launch site, NASA and United Launch Alliance controllers have declared themselves and the Atlas V rocket ready for liftoff at 5:32 p.m.
The two spacecraft aboard, the LRO and LCROSS, are also ready for their missions to the moon."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

金ならない(笑)、ロシアに乗せてもらうなんて恥だ
中国に負けたくない　金は出さないが米国が勝つのだ　
いつも通りのSenator Bill Nelson

またもや、紙のプランに？ PV
"no longer just a program on paper"

JAXA｜月周回衛星「かぐや（SELENE）」の地形カメラ等による制御落下軌道の立体視動画等の作成
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/06/20090619_kaguya_tcmi_j.html

Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff!!

First Stage Booster Separation
The first stage of the Atlas V rocket has burned out and fallen away from the Centaur upper stage and the two moon-bound spacecraft.

Payload Fairing Separates
The payload fairing that protected the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft has fallen away from the rocket as planned.

Atlas Flies Strong

LRO　月周回軌道投入CG

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage3

LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage

June 18
2 p.m. - LRO/LCROSS Launch Coverage and Commentary
Launch Opportunities are at 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html

LRO/LCROSS Mission Science Briefing

LRO Roll to Launch Pad

Launch Services Program

Launch Services Program
http://lsp.ksc.nasa.gov/

Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
Releases New Image of the Moon's South Pole
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2009/06/lunar_orbiter_image_recovery_p_8.html

memorial: Atlas Centaur

LCROSS Launch Aboard an Atlas V Rocket
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/launch/launch_blog.html

LRO on its own
07:17:13 AM
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has separated from the Centaur upper stage and LCROSS spacecraft.

Centaur Shuts Down
07:14:18 AM
The Centaur's single engine has shut off as planned and the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft are coasting toward the moon. The LRO spacecraft will separate in about two minutes and follow its own course that will let it reach the moon in four days. The LCROSS spacecraft will stay connected to the Centaur upper stage and they will go into a long orbit around the moon and Earth that will culminate in their planned collision into the lunar south pole.

Centaur Ignites Engine Second Time
07:09:14 AM
The Centaur upper stage lit its engine for a second time to catapult the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft toward the moon. The burn will last five minutes. The rocket is over the Indian Ocean.

Centaur Engine Shuts Down as Planned
06:46:24 AM
The single engine on the Centaur upper stage shut down as planned. It will restart later to put the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft on a trajectory toward the moon. The LRO will separate soon after the end of the second burn since it will follow a different path to the moon than the LCROSS and Centaur will take.

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nexus6

Atlas V, LRO and LCROSS Liftoff