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LROC Coordinates of Robotic Spacecraft - 2013 Update

Luna 17, the spacecraft that carried the Lunokhod 1 rover to the surface. You can make out the rover tracks around the lander. LROC NAC image M175502049RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Sep 2013

1000 Day Anniversary of LROC Imaging

Rim of Shackleton crater near the lunar South Pole as seen in the first LROC NAC image of the Moon, acquired on 30 June 2009. Image is 850 m across, NAC M101013931 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 26 Mar 2012

Pinpoint Landing on the Ocean of Storms

The Apollo 12 landing site in Oceanus Procellarum imaged during the second LRO low-altitude campaign. Image width is 225 m, NAC Image M175428601R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 06 Mar 2012

Hadley Rille and the Mountains of the Moon

The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter rolled to capture this dramatic oblique view of the Apollo 15 landing site. Hadley rille, a great chasm in the lunar surface, carves its way through the center of this scene [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 04 Nov 2011

A path not taken

Mare surface in Sinus Aestuum near a lunar exploration site proposed in the late 1950s. Image width is 460 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Aug 2010

Window to the Farside Mantle

Ejecta from small craters reveal ancient buried mare to the northeast of Dewar crater, near the center of a Constellation region of interest. Image width is 570 meters  [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 10 Jun 2010

Marius Hills Constellation region of interest

Rim of a large sinuous rille on the western edge of the Marius Hills Constellation region of interest, showing materials that have slumped into the bottom of the sinuous rille towards the northwest as well as (possibly) outcrop, a prime...

Published on 01 Jun 2010

Central Peak of Bullialdus Crater

Summit of the central peak of Bullialdus crater, a Constellation region of interest. LROC Narrow Angle Camera image M114098458LE, image is 500 m wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 11 May 2010

Mare Moscoviense Constellation Site

A very subtle mare-highlands boundary in Mare Moscoviense on the lunar farside, near the center of the Constellation Program region of interest. The generalized geologic contact between the mare and the highlands has been highlighted...

Published on 04 Jan 2010

Wrinkle Ridge Near Montes Teneriffe

Boulders perched atop a wrinkle ridge in Mare Imbrium west of the Montes Teneriffe. Image width is 2 km, NAC frame M102264014RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 29 Dec 2009

Fresh Copernican Crater

Subset of NAC Image M112162602L showing landslides (bottom) covering impact melt on the floor (top) of a fresh Copernican-age crater at the edge of Oceanus Procellarum and west of Balboa crater. Image width is 550 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...

Published on 21 Dec 2009

Cluster of farside secondary craters

Cluster of secondary craters help geologists determine the relative ages of features, even when they are separated by great distances. Image width is 630 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 23 Nov 2009

Central Peak of Rutherfurd

LROC NAC view of boulders, on the floor of Rutherfurd crater, about to disappear into the shadows of dusk. Image width is 510 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 20 Nov 2009

Dark Craters on a Bright Ejecta Blanket

Dark materials excavated by later small impacts show up clearly on the bright ejecta of a small lunar crater (800 meters in diameter) to the west. Image width is 640 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 16 Nov 2009

Landslides in Marius Crater

Landslide deposits seen on the steep interior slopes of Marius crater, image is 510 meters wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Nov 2009

Apollo 12 Second Look: Midday on the Ocean of Storms

New view of the Apollo 12 landing site in Oceanus Procellarum imaged from the LRO mapping orbit. Small black arrows show locations where astronaut footpaths can be clearly discerned. Image width is 490 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 04 Nov 2009

Bright Boulder Trail

High-albedo marks on the lunar surface left by a boulder bouncing down the northeast wall of farside highlands crater Moore F. Image width is 610 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 21 Oct 2009

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

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