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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ( LRO ) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) launched together from Cape Canaveral Air Force , now Space Force , Station on June 18, 2009 .
The primary mission of the LRO involved imaging the entire Moon ’s surface to create a 3 -D map with ~50-centimeter resolution.
LRO continues to deliver the largest volume of data from a NASA planetary science mission ever.
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ( LRO ) has taken remarkably detailed images of all six Apollo landing sites.
The data revealed that there is perhaps as much as hundreds of millions of tons of frozen water on the Moon , enough to make it an effective oasis for future explorers.
LRO has enough fuel on board to operate until 2027 .
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