Shooting for the moon

PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here supported the successful launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying two lunar spacecraft systems at 5:32 (EDT) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station June 18. Wing helicopter crews were responsible for clearing the Eastern Range, the roughly 10-mile-wide by 70-mile-long strip of Atlantic Ocean that extends out from the launch pad in the anticipated direction of flight. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Spacecraft (LCROSS) will fly to the moon atop the same Atlas V rocket, shown here, although they will use vastly different methods to study the lunar environment. (Courtesy United Launch Alliance)

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