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February 11, 2009
The Orbiter is on its way to Florida! We loaded it on the truck and sent it on its way early this morning after successfully completing our Pre-Ship Review (PSR). The PSR started on Monday-exactly 3 years to the day after our Preliminary Design Review, a short time for a mission of this complexity. We spent the last few weeks cleaning up paperwork, packing up our ground support equipment, and practicing the Lunar Orbit Insertion and other early operations. The solar arrays are already in Florida, inspected, and ready for testing with the Orbiter.
"This is the culmination of four years of hard work by everyone on the LRO Project," said Cathy Peddie, LRO deputy project manager at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "LRO now begins its launch site processing, where it will be prepped for integration with our sister mission LCROSS, and eventually encapsulated in the Atlas V for its journey to the moon."
Here is the LRO truck leaving for Florida.
The Orbiter is wrapped up in bagging, attached to the transporter.
In the background, the lid to the shipping container is suspended from a crane.
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Comprehensive Performance Testing 
