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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
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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
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2006 - 2011
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