Lunar orbit
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In astronomy and spaceflight, a lunar orbit is an orbit by an object around Earth's Moon. In general these orbits are not circular. When farthest from the Moon a spacecraft is said to be at apolune, a
Orion capsule of Artemis 1 above the Moon in December 2022.
Lunar Module Eagle in lunar orbit during Apollo 11, July 1969
First image of Earth from around another astronomical object (the Moon), and first picture of both Earth and the Moon from space, by Lunar Orbiter 1 (not to be confused with the later Earthrise image).
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. Data collected by LRO have been described as essential for planning NASA'
Illustration of LRO
Atlas V carrying LRO and LCROSS
Onboard instruments
In this image, the lower of the two green beams is from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's dedicated tracker.