Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera
Visitor’s Gallery
Address
Interdisciplinary A-Wing, Room A120C
Orange Mall and Cady Mall, next to Memorial Union
ASU’s Tempe Campus
Description
ASU will play a pivotal role in NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. Mark Robinson, a Professor of Geological Sciences in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration, is the principal investigator for the imaging system on board, known as LROC (short for Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera). LROC is being controlled and managed from its operations center on ASU's Tempe campus. These efforts are in preparation for a bold new program to resume human lunar flights beginning in 2020.
Hours
- Monday through Friday: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (except University holidays)
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