Recent News
LROC Videos Available in High Definition Format
Head on over to our LRO Live! page to check out videos taken by LROC's narrow-angle-camera (NAC) in high definition format.
Published on 06 Aug 2009
NAC Imaging Hiatus
The LROC NACs are powered down as we complete the final bakeout!
Published on 09 Jul 2009
LROC getting ready
Today the LRO Team powered up the LROC cameras for a few hours to collect engineering data.
Published on 30 Jun 2009
Nadir pointing!
LRO is now in nadir pointing mode (looking straight down at the Moon). Another key milestone on the path to instrument activation.
Published on 28 Jun 2009
LRO is now in commissioning orbit!
The LRO OPS Team successfully commanded a 231 second burn this morning that placed LRO into its 30 km x 199 km (19 mile x 124 mile) commissioning phase orbit.
Published on 27 Jun 2009
Current schedule for LROC Commissioning
Currently LRO spacecraft commissioning is going smoothly. If this trend continues LROC should be powered up on July 3rd and we can begin our commissioning tests.
Published on 25 Jun 2009
LROC Commissioning Phase Operations
During LRO's two-month commissioning phase, many special operations will take place to help prepare LROC and all of the instruments for their first year of operation.
Published on 24 Jun 2009
LROC Heaters and Focus
What does the LROC team need to do before imaging can commence? First, we need to dry out the NAC telescope structures so the cameras will be in focus.
Published on 23 Jun 2009
LRO in lunar orbit!
This morning the LRO Team at Goddard Space Flight Center commanded LRO to execute a 40-minute burn that placed LRO into lunar orbit!
Published on 23 Jun 2009
LRO Mid-Course Correction Burn
LRO mid-course correction burn successful!
Published on 20 Jun 2009
LRO Launches Successfully
LRO, carrying the LROC and LCROSS instruments was successfully launched at 5:32 U.S. Eastern. Congratulations!
Published on 18 Jun 2009
LRO Launch now set for Thursday at 5:12 pm EDT
The LRO/LCROSS Atlas V 401 will be rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility towards the launch pad starting at 10 am this morning (June 17) in preparation for a launch...
Published on 17 Jun 2009
LRO Launch Window
The LRO launch window is currently in flux due to the slip of the Space Shuttle Endeavor launch. LRO is currently set for launch on the 18th, with a possible launch window of...
Published on 16 Jun 2009
LRO spacecraft model now available!
Future rocket scientists needed - some assembly required.
Published on 30 May 2009
NAC Cleanroom Calibration - Flatfield Images
Last year calibration of LROC Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC) took place at the Malin Space Science Systems (San Diego).
Published on 04 Mar 2009
NAC Cleanroom Calibration - Baffle Tube
This is a "souvenir picture" of the first NAC taken last year in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. In this picture the large primary mirror of the NAC...
Published on 04 Mar 2009
NAC Cleanroom Calibration - The First NAC
Here is one of the LROC NAC cameras in the cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in 2008. We're looking down the baffle tube. The white silver sickle-like form is the...
Published on 04 Mar 2009
Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC)
One of the LROC Narrow Angle Cameras (NAC), photographed in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego last year. The long silver tube is the baffle for...
Published on 04 Mar 2009
WAC Calibration
Here is a picture from last year showing the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) in a cleanroom at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. The WAC (foreground) looks towards the...
Published on 04 Mar 2009
Wide Angle Camera (WAC)
Here is a picture of the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) from last year, prior to its installation on the LRO spacecraft. The silver vertical tube in the center with the...
Published on 04 Mar 2009