Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Exciting New Images from The LROC Team.

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"Oceanus Procellarum Base Here - The Eagle Has Landed"

09 Aug 2019

Apollo 11 had three sites selected from five finalists — In 1969, NASA published a map showing candidate Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites. The map was based on photographs taken using large Earth-based telescopes. The map above, based on an LROC global image mosaic, is a near-copy of that historic map. Red dots represent the five candidate Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites as of February 1968. Yellow circles represent the final three Apollo 11 target sites. The green circle marks Site 2, the Apollo 11 prime site in Mare Tranquillitatis, where the Lunar Module Eagle actually landed [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

What Armstrong Saw

16 Jul 2019

Simulated view out Armstrong's window — Simulated view of what Armstrong saw as the Lunar Module Eagle approached the aim point on the northeast flank of West crater (190 meters diameter). The odd shape of the image area is due to the small windows in the Eagle. North is to the right, NAC M131494509L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

The Moon in Arizona

01 Jul 2019

A very special very average part of the Sea of Tranquillity where nobody and nothing ever landed or walked. Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University — This 3.48-kilometer-wide part of the Sea of Tranquility is very special, though no one has ever landed or walked here. NAC image M1123426954LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

First to See the Farside

24 Dec 2018

AS08-13-2329, BW Earthrise — First photograph (BW) taken of the famous Apollo 8 Earthrise sequence, the following images were acquired with color film [AS08-13-2329, NASA].

Mount Marilyn: A Lunar Love Story

21 Dec 2018

138 km wide view, centered on Mt. Marilyn — 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].

Lunar Beauty

20 Nov 2018

A bright young crater. — The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera imaged this bright young ray crater (3.13˚N, 281.07˚E) on 3 November 2018 — just three weeks ago. The Sun shone from the west (left, 48˚ incidence angle). This image covers an area 8.1 kilometers across. NAC image M12959100LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

John Young at South Ray Crater

05 Jul 2018

South Ray crater — Overhead view of South Ray crater, the most prominent feature at the Apollo 16 Descartes landing site in the central lunar highlands. Astronaut John Young landed Lunar Module Orion north of the crater on 21 April 1972 (UTC). Image is a little less than one kilometer wide and is centered at 9.1493°S, 15.3827°E. Image number M1149402618LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

South Massif Landslide

08 Jun 2018

By lunar standards South Massif is a relatively modest mountain, but with a rich history (geologic and exploration). The massif is about 7000 meters across at the base and 2300 meters tall; M1266925685LR, incidence angle 33°, slew angle 65°, phase angle 104° [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Curiously Fast Degradation of Small Lunar Craters

24 Apr 2018

tauruslittrow mahanti — Taurus-Littrow valley, geologic exploration target for Apollo 17 and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera study team led by Dr. Prasun Mahanti. Center latitude 20.15°N, center longitude 30.98°E, image 18 km wide, image M1182232465LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Lunar Light Plains: The Movie

19 Apr 2018

The Orientale Basin, about 950 kilometers wide, is the striking multi-ringed impact feature at lower right. New research suggests that the impact event that formed Orientale may have emplaced light plains deposits - visible here in green - over a large portion of the lunar surface. Image width: 3475 kilometers (the width of the Moon) [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]

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