Featured Images

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

Aratus CA

Subset of uncalibrated LROC NAC frame M104447576R showing Vallis Lorca, one of four lobes that make up Aratus CA in western Mare Serenitatis near the Montes Apennius. The Sun is shining from the lower left, image width is 1924 meters...

Published on 02 Oct 2009

Surveyor 1 - America’s first soft lunar landing

Surveyor 1 spacecraft sitting silently on Oceanus Procellarum, the first US spacecraft to land on another planet (June 2, 1966). The image was taken in the lunar afternoon such that the sun in low on the western horizon and the 3.3...

Published on 30 Sep 2009

Apollo 11: Second look

LROC's second look at the Apollo 11 Landing Site [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 29 Sep 2009

Rima Ariadaeus - A Linear Rille

The linear rille Rima Ariadaeus is found on the nearside of the Moon, nestled between Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Vaporum. Most linear rilles are believed to represent tectonic faulting and can be used to determine stratigraphic...

Published on 28 Sep 2009

Commissioning Sequences Pave the Way

Several LROC NAC sequences were acquired looking across the illuminated limb to quantify scattered light. Not only were these excellent engineering test images but they also presented spectacular oblique views across the lunar surface...

Published on 21 Sep 2009

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

Lunar South Pole - Out of the Shadows

As the Moon heads into southern summer the region around the south pole is better seen by LROC. One of the many goals of the LRO mission is to improve our cartographic knowledge of the Moon. The location of the pole shown here (image...

Published on 17 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

Who slammed the barn door?

LROC NAC frame M103259110L subset image of jitter distortions. Image width is approximately km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]

Published on 04 Sep 2009

First Look: Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3

First look at Apollo 12 landing site, the Lunar Module descent stage, Experiment package (ALSEP) and Surveyor 3 spacecraft are all visible along with astronaut tracks (unmarked arrows). Image is 824 meters wide, north up...

Published on 03 Sep 2009

Uplift, Boulders of Tsiolkovskiy

Boulders perched on the summit of the central peak of Tsiolkovskiy crater [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 01 Sep 2009

Recent impact!

Very young impact crater in Balmer basin. The dark streamers are impact melt splashes thrown out during the crater formation, image 1302 meters wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 31 Aug 2009

First LROC Stereo Results

Synthetic perspective view looking south from the Apollo 16 landing area, topography is rendered naturally (no vertical exaggeration) [NASA/GSFC/Ohio State University].

Published on 25 Aug 2009

Eternal Darkness Near the North Pole

Small portion of the rim of Erlanger crater (10 km in diameter). Much of its floor remains in permanent shadow due to its location near the north pole. Image width 2.65 km, north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Aug 2009

Necho Crater

Cracks form in the impact melt sheet on the floor of Necho Crater. Image width is 1.04 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 21 Aug 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

Rille within a rille!

Sinuous rille winding its way across a much larger rille in the heart of the Aristarchus Plateau, image width 1.76 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 18 Aug 2009

Stream of Secondary Craters

LROC NAC frame showing a string of secondary craters from an impact crater to the north, probably Giordano Bruno. Image width is 4.5 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Aug 2009

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