NASA Points Hubble at Moon To Prep for Lunar Orbiter

摘要

Making rare use of its prerogative to jump the queue, NASA commandeered the Hubble Space Telescope for three days in August to collect the first high-resolution, ultraviolet images of the Moon's surface. NASA said the observations will help it get a head start on a new era of lunar science and exploration that is set to begin with the launch of the 2008 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will carry an ultraviolet camera among its suite of instruments. NASA announced its initial results Oct. 19 during a press conference at the U.S. space agency's headquarters here.