Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Thermal Vacuum Chamber

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh rigors of space.

The spacecraft, built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has been lifted into a four-story thermal vacuum chamber there for a test that will last approximately five weeks. Once sealed in the chamber, the satellite will undergo a series of tests that simulate the space environment it will encounter when it orbits the moon.

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Science & Technology

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• Lunar
• Reconnaissance
• Orbiter
• Thermal
• Vacuum
• Chamber
• NASA