Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts from Mark Robinson 171 Search Luna 25 Impact Crater During the descent to the surface, the Russian spacecraft Luna 25 experienced an anomaly that caused it to impact into the southwest rim of Pontecoulant G crater on 19 August 2023 11:58 am UTC (14:58 Moscow time). Image is 1100 meters wide, north is up, LROC NAC M1447547309R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Nov 2023 On the Way to Shioli Crater The upcoming Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) lunar lander will touchdown in the vicinity of Shioli crater (center foreground, 210-meter diameter). The bright interior and rays indicate a very young age for this crater and the unnamed crater (85-meter diameter) seen in the upper left. M1249431011LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University] Published on 07 Nov 2023 Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site Chandrayaan-3 lander is in the center of the image, its dark shadow is visible against the bright halo surrounding the vehicle. The image is 1738 meters wide, M1447750764LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 05 Sep 2023 Mount Marilyn: A Lunar Love Story Mount Marilyn, with its distinctive triangular shape, served as an important navigation landmark for the Apollo 11 astronauts. Portion of LROC Wide Angle Camera mosaic, 138 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 31 Aug 2023 Looking Over the Orientale Basin Indian Ocean as seen from lunar orbit (2015-12-10 06:00:29.202 UTC). NAC high-resolution monochrome image merged with WAC lower-resolution color observations. North is to the left, Antarctica to the right, Australia at the top, and Africa at the bottom (E1204366496L, M1204365627C [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]). Published on 07 Apr 2023 Malapert Massif Malapert massif (informal name) is thought to be a remnant of the South Pole - Aitken basin rim, which formed more than 4 billion years ago. More recently, this magnificent peak (lower left) was selected as an Artemis 3 candidate landing region. Image is 25 kilometers wide in the center, Narrow Angle Camera M1432398306LR (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University). Published on 13 Mar 2023 Three Impact Events Spectacular 4500-meter diameter crater (10.67°S, 225.82°E) formed at the intersection of the rims of Lowell W crater (18-kilometer diameter) and the Orientale basin (750-kilometer diameter). Impact melt and debris spilled from the low point of this not-named crater, 1800-meters downslope from the crater rim high point. East-to-west view, spacecraft altitude 76 kilometers, M1231377442LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 20 Feb 2023 Thousands of Thrust Faults! Prominent lobate thrust fault scarp in the Mandel’shtam cluster, one of the thousands discovered in Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) images. The fault scarp or cliff is like a stair-step in the lunar landscape formed when the near-surface crust is pushed together, breaks, and is thrust upward along a fault; note the two craters overridden by the fault. Image width 1430 meters, north is towards the top, NAC M103460280LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 14 Feb 2023 Dramatic Contrast The dark rim of Aristarchus crater (23.7°N, 312.5°E) dramatically highlights its bright interior and central peak. There are more than 2700 meters of relief from the rim to the crater floor, and the central peak is 3,000 meters wide (left-to-right) and 400 meters tall. Image acquired from an altitude of 96 kilometers looking east-to-west, 12 kilometers wide in the center, NAC M1259171271LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 01 Dec 2022 Far Flung Ejecta Far-flung ejecta (32.7°N, 99.7°E) from the Giordano Bruno impact event raced across a small mare deposit, leaving bright streaks and clues to the details of crater ray formation. This image was acquired looking west-to-east from an altitude of 107 kilometers; the scene is 7700 meters wide at the center, NAC M1386451451LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 31 Oct 2022 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 … 18 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 1 - 10 of 171 in total
