Featured Images

Milichius A

The inner rim of Milichius A crater in Mare Insularum. Image width is approximately 6 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 18 Sep 2009

Timocharis Crater

The ejecta blanket and rim of Timocharis crater in southeastern Mare Imbrium. Image width is 7.2 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Sep 2009

Trail of Discovery at Fra Mauro

Uncalibrated LROC NAC image of the Apollo 14 landing site and nearby Cone crater. The trail followed by the astronauts can clearly be discerned. Image width is 1.6 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 19 Aug 2009

Mapping the Moon with the Wide Angle Camera

Mosaic of a floor-fractured crater, acquired by the Wide Angle Camera 560 nm filter. Scene is approximately 160 km across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 12 Jul 2009

The fractured floor of Compton

The central peak and fractured floor of Compton crater as imaged by the LROC Narrow Angle Camera at dusk, image width is ~1720 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 10 Jul 2009

Swooping over the Lunar Highlands

Close-up view of the lunar highlands, northeast of Clavius crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 03 Jul 2009

First LROC Images!

Full resolution detail from one of the first LROC NAC images. At this scale and lighting, impact craters dominate the landscape. Two general types of impact craters are readily identifiable. Solitary craters which most likely represent...

Published on 02 Jul 2009

LRO Launches!

The Atlas V carrying the LRO and LCROSS spacecraft launches from SLC-41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 18th (Photo credit: Pat Corkery, United Launch Alliance).

Published on 18 Jun 2009

LRO Launch Preparations

LRO in final stages of preparation at the Astrotech facility (May 9, 2009).

Published on 15 May 2009

Welcome to the new LROC Web Page!!!

Annotated picture showing one of the NACs, the WAC, and the SCS

Published on 06 Mar 2009