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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 poised for launch

This collection of images was shot on the morning of June 18 as the countdown got underway for the scheduled launch of the Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and the LCROSS mission.

Photo credit: Stephen Clark and Justin Ray of Spaceflight Now

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