The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and is now in its science and mapping orbit of the moon. Already, the spacecraft has made significant progress in creating the most detailed atlas of the moon's south pole, and Thursday mission scientists reported some of the early science results, including "tantalizing" hints of water at the Moon's south pole. So far, the data returned from LRO?s seven instruments ?exceed our wildest expectations,? said Richard Vondrak, LRO project scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center . ?We?re looking at the moon now with new eyes.?
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