Recent News & Updates
LROC 15th PDS Release
The 15th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2013-03-16 to 2013-06-15. This release contains 69,789 EDR images - totaling 9.8 TB, and 69,789 CDR images - totaling 20 TB. An additional 31 NAC DTM and NAC ROI mosaics were also released as part of the RDR volume. The LROC Team has updated the RDR interface to allow users to search for RDR products based on product type, location, and other field.
Deletion of LROC CDR Products
Important change to the LROC PDS archive -- effective immediately. New regulations from the Consolidation and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-6, Section 516) regarding Information Technology result in new lengthy purchase reviews for all NASA IT acquisitions. Due to these new reviews the LROC team has not yet been able to acquire the annual increase in disk storage required to sustain LROC operations and the full LROC PDS archive. To insure continued operations and data processing of EDR (raw image data) and RDR (maps and topography) products, the LROC Team will be deleting existing CDRs (Calibrated Data Record) products from the PDS repository.
New NAC Topography Released
New LROC Narrow Angle Camera topographic maps added to the online archive.
LROC 14th PDS Release
The 14th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2012-12-16 to 2013-03-15. This release contains 70,815 EDR images - totaling 7.79 TB, and 70,815 CDR images - totaling 16.09 TB.
Apollo Command Module Ephemeris
Recovered Apollo 15, 16, 17 Command Module ephemeris is now posted on the Apollo Scan Project webpage.
Lunaserv - Try It Out!
Lunaserv - Public Beta Access
The LROC Team is providing a new way to access and interact with the LROC PDS archive -- Lunaserv. This new WMS interface is designed to make data search access easier and more intuitive.
LROC 13th PDS Delivery
The 13th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2012-09-16 to 2012-12-15. This release contains 75,274 EDR images totaling 8.09 TB and 75,274 CDR images totaling 16.68 TB. An additional 9 LROC NAC Digital Terrain Models (DTM) and 6 NAC Region of Interest (ROI) products were also added to the LROC RDR Dataset.
LROC 12th PDS Release
The 12th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2012-06-16 to 2012-09-15. This release contains 76,135 EDR images totaling 8.02 TB and 76,119 CDR images totaling 16.54 TB. An additional 10 LROC NAC Digital Terrain Models (DTM) and 6 NAC Region of Interest (ROI) products were also added to the LROC RDR Dataset.
Quickmap - Only Better
Try out the LROC browse interface called Quickmap. A few improvements have been made since its release, and more are coming. Start at reduced WAC resolution and end up on the surface at full NAC resolution!