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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft / SOLAR PANEL INSTALL
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft / SPIN TEST
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
STS-133 SPACE TEST PROGRAM HOUSTON-3 PAYLOAD ONTO EXPRESS LOGISTICS CARRIER-3 (ELC-3) 2010-4350
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft
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Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft at Goddard Space Flight Center
Photographer: PAT IZZO
Date: 12:00:00 AM
Job Number: 2008-00590-13
Preservation Copy: .tif
2008
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Date
2006 - 2011
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