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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft MOVE TO VIBE CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft MOVE TO VIBE CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft MOVE TO VIBE CHAMBER
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft MOVE TO VIBE CHAMBER
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Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft MOVE TO VIBE CHAMBER
Photographer: DEBBIE McCALLUM
Date: 7/22/2008
Job Number: 2008-00590-3
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