# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/d8qYtWIaG_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11740834-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2013-09-07T05:42:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) is headed toward the moon after launching  on a #Minataur V rocket Friday night from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. LADEE is a robotic mission that will orbit the moon to gather detailed information about the lunar atmosphere, conditions near the surface and environmental influences on lunar dust. A thorough understanding of these characteristics will address long-standing unknowns, and help scientists understand other planetary bodies as well.

Learn more about #LADEE at: http://www.nasa.gov/ladee

Image credit: NASA/Chris Perry

#LADEE #Moon #Rocket #Launch #RocketLaunch #NASA #space

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## Tags

nasa, rocket, minataur, launch, space, moon, ladee, rocketlaunch

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