LROC News System - Announcements

Apollo Command Module Ephemeris

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0600

Recovered Apollo 15, 16, 17 Command Module ephemeris is now posted on the Apollo Scan Project webpage.

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Lunaserv - Public Beta Access

nospam@example.com (Ernest Bowman-Cisneros) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:51:19 -0600

The LROC Team is providing a new way to access and interact with the LROC PDS archive -- Lunaserv. This new WMS interface is designed to make data search access easier and more intuitive.

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LROC 13th PDS Delivery

nospam@example.com (Ernest Bowman-Cisneros) — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:46:00 -0600

The 13th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2012-09-16 to 2012-12-15. This release contains 75,274 EDR images totaling 8.09 TB and 75,274 CDR images totaling 16.68 TB. An additional 9 LROC NAC Digital Terrain Models (DTM) and 6 NAC Region of Interest (ROI) products were also added to the LROC RDR Dataset.
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LROC 12th PDS Release

nospam@example.com (Ernest Bowman-Cisneros) — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:13:51 -0700

The 12th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2012-06-16 to 2012-09-15. This release contains 76,135 EDR images totaling 8.02 TB and 76,119 CDR images totaling 16.54 TB. An additional 10 LROC NAC Digital Terrain Models (DTM) and 6 NAC Region of Interest (ROI) products were also added to the LROC RDR Dataset.
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Quickmap - Only Better

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:09:45 -0700

Try out the LROC browse interface called Quickmap. A few improvements have been made since its release, and more are coming. Start at reduced WAC resolution and end up on the surface at full NAC resolution!
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Lunar Landscapes

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:47:45 -0600

Beginning 2 November 2012, you can visit the Moon through Lunar Landscapes, an exciting new exhibit featuring the most current images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), showing at monOrchid gallery in Phoenix.

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LROC 11th PDS Release

nospam@example.com (Ernest Bowman-Cisneros) — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:58:47 -0600

The 11th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2011-03-16 to 2012-06-14. This release contains 76,715 EDR images totaling 9.4 TB and 76,715 CDR images totaling 20 TB. An additional 10 LROC NAC DTM and 3 NAC Region of Interest (ROI) products were also added to the LROC RDR Dataset.

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International Observe the Moon Night

nospam@example.com (Jeff Leland) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:23:00 -0600

Explore the Moon with the LROC team at the Arizona Museum of Natural History for International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday September 22nd!
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Neil A. Armstrong, 1930-2012

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:02:10 -0600

Look at the Moon, think of Neil Armstrong, imagine all that we as Americans can accomplish.

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New "Featured Sites" on the LROC Webpage

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:00:00 -0600

Test drive the new "Featured Sites" on the LROC Webpage, first out - Apollo Landing sites.
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LROC 10th PDS Release

nospam@example.com (Ernest Bowman-Cisneros) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:00:00 -0600

The 10th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2011-12-16 to 2012-03-15. This release contains 72,338 EDR images totaling 8.9 TB and 72,338 CDR images totaling 19 TB. An additional 11 LROC NAC DTM products were also added to the LROC RDR Dataset.
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LROC 9th PDS Release

nospam@example.com (Ernest Bowman-Cisneros) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:50:00 -0600

The 9th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2011-09-16 to 2011-12-14. This release contains 81,355 EDR images totaling 9.6 TB and 81,355 CDR images totaling 20 TB.
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LROC NAC Topography - Second Release

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:40:06 -0700

The LROC Team released 57 new high resolution digital terrain models (DTM) on 15 January 2012.
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LROC 8th PDS Release

nospam@example.com (Ernest Bowman-Cisneros) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:14:00 -0700

The 8th LROC Planetary Data System (PDS) release includes images acquired between 16 Jun 2011 and 15 Aug 2011. This release includes 83,010 EDR images totaling 8.5 Tbytes and 83,010 CDR images totaling 17 Tbytes worth of data.
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LROC WAC Global Topography

nospam@example.com (Mark Robinson) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:53:42 -0700

The WAC global Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is available on the LROC RDR webpage!
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