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		Rocket: Atlas 5 (AV-020) Payload: LRO/LCROSS Date: June 18, 2009 Times: 5:12, 5:22 and 5:32 p.m. EDT Site: Complex 41, Cape Canaveral, Florida Mission Status Center Archived video coverage High Definition video Our launch preview LRO preview story LCROSS preview story LRO quick facts LCROSS quick facts Launch events timeline Ground track map Atlas archive

Atlas 5 rocket launches on lunar mission

The Atlas 5 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying a robotic scout to reconnoiter the Moon like never before and a sleuth that will dig into a tantalizing mystery at the lunar south pole.

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now

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