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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite missions are flying to the moon after waiting out a thunderstorm before lifting off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. They rode atop an Atlas V rocket to begin NASA’s first lunar mission in 10 years. The LRO spacecraft is flying on its own now, and is on a path to go into orbit only 31 miles above the moon.