Artist's impression of NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which is shifting from an exploration phase to more focused scientific research. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC http://www.space.com NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Gets New Moon Mission By SPACE.com Staff posted: 16 September 2010 NASA launched the $504 million LRO probe in June 2009 along with a piggyback probe that crashed into the shadows of a crater at the moon's south pole in October of that year in a hunt for water ice, which it found. The spacecraft is about the size of a Mini Cooper car and equipped with seven instruments to observe the moon. 图片为艺术想象效果， $504 million LRO probe 表明了LRO价格不菲，而起尺寸 不过接近于Mini Cooper car 。
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