Featured Images
Small crater on the wall of Metius B
Fresh crater on the southwest rim of Metius B crater. LROC NAC image width is 740 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 19 Oct 2009
Fresh Rim of Slipher S
The fresh, well-preserved rim of Slipher S. Uncalibrated LROC NAC data; image width is 600 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 16 Oct 2009
Bouncing, Bounding Boulders!
Many boulder trails are found on the lunar crater walls and basin massifs. Some of the trails are smooth and nearly straight while others are curvy or gouge into the surface. In many cases by following a boulder's trail you are led back...
Published on 15 Oct 2009
Asymmetric Ejecta
Distinctive asymmetrical ejecta surrounding a 140 meter diameter crater in the lunar highlands. Crater is located on the northeastern rim of the eroded (pre-Nectarian) crater Hommel at -52.9° N and 34.6° E. Image width is 600 meters and...
Published on 13 Oct 2009
Ejecta sweeps the surface
Ejecta of a fresh crater streams across the the lunar highlands south of Mare Tranquillitatis. Image width is 520 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 11 Oct 2009
Apollo 14 S-IVB Impact Crater
Crater (center of image) formed by impact of the Apollo 14 Saturn IVB booster. The booster was intentionally impacted into the lunar surface on February 4, 1971 to serve as an energy source to probe the interior structure of the Moon...
Published on 08 Oct 2009
A Very Sinuous Rille
Two oxbow bends along the length of a sinuous rille located on a mare-filled crater floor. The tight twists and turns of the rille suggest that a very turbulent lava flow formed this rille. Subarea of uncalibrated LROC NAC frame...
Published on 07 Oct 2009
Where Moscoviense meets the Highlands
The edge of Mare Moscoviense. Image width is 1.4 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 06 Oct 2009
Aratus CA
Subset of uncalibrated LROC NAC frame M104447576R showing Vallis Lorca, one of four lobes that make up Aratus CA in western Mare Serenitatis near the Montes Apennius. The Sun is shining from the lower left, image width is 1924 meters...
Published on 02 Oct 2009
Surveyor 1 - America’s first soft lunar landing
Surveyor 1 spacecraft sitting silently on Oceanus Procellarum, the first US spacecraft to land on another planet (June 2, 1966). The image was taken in the lunar afternoon such that the sun in low on the western horizon and the 3.3...
Published on 30 Sep 2009
Apollo 11: Second look
LROC's second look at the Apollo 11 Landing Site [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 29 Sep 2009
Rima Ariadaeus - A Linear Rille
The linear rille Rima Ariadaeus is found on the nearside of the Moon, nestled between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Vaporum. Most linear rilles are believed to represent tectonic faulting and can be used to determine stratigraphic...
Published on 28 Sep 2009
Commissioning Sequences Pave the Way
Several LROC NAC sequences were acquired looking across the illuminated limb to quantify scattered light. Not only were these excellent engineering test images but they also presented spectacular oblique views across the lunar surface...
Published on 21 Sep 2009
Milichius A
The inner rim of Milichius A crater in Mare Insularum. Image width is approximately 6 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 18 Sep 2009
Lunar South Pole - Out of the Shadows
As the Moon heads into southern summer the region around the south pole is better seen by LROC. One of the many goals of the LRO mission is to improve our cartographic knowledge of the Moon. The location of the pole shown here (image...
Published on 17 Sep 2009
Timocharis Crater
The ejecta blanket and rim of Timocharis crater in southeastern Mare Imbrium. Image width is 7.2 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 09 Sep 2009
Who slammed the barn door?
LROC NAC frame M103259110L subset image of jitter distortions. Image width is approximately km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]
Published on 04 Sep 2009
First Look: Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3
First look at Apollo 12 landing site, the Lunar Module descent stage, Experiment package (ALSEP) and Surveyor 3 spacecraft are all visible along with astronaut tracks (unmarked arrows). Image is 824 meters wide, north up...
Published on 03 Sep 2009
Uplift, Boulders of Tsiolkovskiy
Boulders perched on the summit of the central peak of Tsiolkovskiy crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 01 Sep 2009
Recent impact!
Very young impact crater in Balmer basin. The dark streamers are impact melt splashes thrown out during the crater formation, image 1302 meters wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 31 Aug 2009