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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) POP + CATCH TEST + SOLAR PANEL
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) POP + CATCH TEST + SOLAR PANEL
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) POP + CATCH TEST + SOLAR PANEL
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) POP + CATCH TEST + SOLAR PANEL
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Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) POP + CATCH TEST + SOLAR PANEL
Photographer: DEBBIE McCALLUM
Date: 8/7/2008
Job Number: 2008-00590-6
Preservation Copy: .tif
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lunar reconnaissance orbiter
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moon surface
moon landing
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Date
2006 - 2011
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