Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Launch To Be Delayed Launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will be delayed from late this year until early next year, NASA announced. The LRO will swap places with a United Launch Alliance liftoff, a deal that gives the LRO more than twice as many potential launch dates. As now planned, the LRO will head for the moon in a launch window opening Feb. 27 and lasting about a month. In that window, LRO will have…
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