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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft / SOLAR PANEL INSTALL
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Description: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft / SOLAR PANEL INSTALL
Photographer: DEBBIE McCALLUM
Date: 7/14/2008
Job Number: 2008-00590-0
Preservation Copy: .tif
2008
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nasa
lunar
reconnaissance
orbiter
lunar reconnaissance orbiter
lro
spacecraft
panel
moon surface
moon landing
high resolution
ultra high resolution
solar panel
debbie mccallum
job number
preservation copy
satellite
space program
Date
2006 - 2011
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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