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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
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Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft ACOUSTIC CHAMBER
Photographer: DEBBIE MCCALLUM
Date: 7/30/2008
Job Number: 2008-00590-4
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