Kurdistan Planetarium on Board LRO Orbiting the Moon

As part of the project send your name to the Moon by NASA, Kurdistan Planetarium name is now proudly on board the American Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), circling around the Moon.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently (as of April 2010) orbiting the Moon on a low 50 km polar mapping orbit. The LRO mission is a precursor to future manned missions to the moon by NASA. To this end a detailed mapping program will identify safe landing sites, locate potential resources on the moon, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology.
The probe will make a 3-D map of the Moon's surface and has provided some of the first images of Apollo equipment left on the Moon. The first images from LRO were published on 2 July 2009, showing a region in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds).
Launched on 18 June 2009, in conjunction with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), as the vanguard of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, this is the first United States mission to the Moon in over ten years.[9] LRO and LCROSS are the first missions launched as part of the United States's Vision for Space Exploration program.

Names to the Moon:
Prior to the LRO's launch, NASA gave members of the public the opportunity to have their names placed in a microchip on the LRO. The deadline for this opportunity was 31 July 2008. About 1.6 million names were submitted, including my Kurdistan Planetarium, (cetificate no: 577166) submitted on 5 May 2008, also names of my Children (Alan & Dylan) submitted on the same day.

LRO statistics:
Operator NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Mission type Orbiter Satellite of Earth's Moon
Orbits 30--70 km polar orbit, extended mission 30--216 km
Launch date 18 June 2009 21:32:00 UTC
Launch vehicle Atlas V 401
Launch site Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Mission duration one year, extended mission of up to five years
elapsed: 11 months, and 29 days
COSPAR ID 2009-031A
Homepage http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Mass 1,846 kg
Power 1,850 W

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[TheSunEast]

Wow wie Wunder schön unser Mond Leuchtet

übrigenes

heute sind wir beim

Voll Mond

The Sun

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@TheSunEast Ja mein lieber sind wir in der Vollmond wahr aber wie Sie wissen, dass unsere Full Moon wird in den frühen Morgenstunden 21 Dezember für ein paar Stunden verdunkelt werden .. Ihr Mond

[kurds1000]

ya one Q ... what is Kurdistan Planetarium ? :S

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@kurds1000 It is an Astronomical gate way to the Heaven..Journey in Space and Time across the Universe...Its the place to be and its right here

[tombarnett]

brilliant. Beautiful. Loved the Jupiter film too. Could you tell me the name of the music please?

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@tombarnett Thanks...The music is part of the German satellite Channel, Space Night ...

[khalid6591]

me too i have sent my name :)

[elvisinpersonator]

Excellent vid. Thx ;)

[asgardlove1]

Interesting Video,like it,thanks for sharing it!!

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

@385Mercedes Thank you so much my friend...