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Hummocks and blocks and craters

Hummocks and blocks on the ejecta blanket of Tsiolkovskiy crater. Image width is 830 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 04 Aug 2009

LROC’s First Look at the Apollo Landing Sites

Four times enlargement of an uncalibrated LROC NAC image showing the Apollo 14 lunar module (LM Antares) and the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). Note the astronaut tracks between the two artifacts [NASA/GSFC/Arizona...

Published on 16 Jul 2009

Scanning towards the north pole

On July 4th the LROC Narrow Angle Camera scanned its way towards the north pole at an altitude of 187 km, brushing past the crater Rozhdestvenskiy W.

Published on 07 Jul 2009

Almost there!

LROC temperature plot.

Published on 26 Jun 2009

LRO Launch: View from Banana Creek

LRO Launch as seen from Banana Creek (Peter Thomas, Cornell Univ)

Published on 22 Jun 2009

LRO Atlas V on the Pad!

LRO Atlas V on the Pad [Photo Mark Robinson]!

Published on 17 Jun 2009

Empty Pad Beckons

LRO's empty launch pad beckons [Photo Mark Robinson].

Published on 16 Jun 2009

Big Day for LRO!

LRO being hoisted to the top of its Atlas V rocket.

Published on 28 May 2009