Recent News & Updates
A New Moon Rises
The LROC Team at Arizona State University is proud to announce an exciting new exhibit featuring some of the most compelling images collected by LROC over the past six years: “A New Moon Rises: New Views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera” which opens 26 February at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D. C.
Exciting New Results from LROC Data
LROC images are providing important new insights into the geology of the Moon and helping to define key targets for future lunar exploration.
LROC Coordinates of Robotic Spacecraft
Repeatedly imaging anthropogenic targets on the Moon is an LROC team priority. As each image comes down we carefully search for the hardware (or impact crater). If the target is not in the image we try again next month, imaging on either side of the first observation. Additionally, we re-image targets once they are found to enable more precise estimates of their latitude and longitude coordinates, and provide more information concerning local morphology and albedo.
New York Times Editorial on LROC Apollo Images
The New York Times has published an editorial about the LROC images of the Apollo landing sites.
Apollo 11 Landing Site
We have just released a new video using NAC data to zoom down to Tranquility Base, the Apollo 11 landing site.
Bakeout complete!
With bakeout complete, the NACs were reactivated over the weekend to begin systematic calibrations.
New additions to the LROC Image Gallery!
We have added more of our favorite images to the LROC Image Gallery!