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Apollo 11 Landing Site

November 13, 2009

We have just released a new video using NAC data to zoom down to Tranquility Base, the Apollo 11 landing site.

Apollo 17 Landing Site

October 28, 2009

We have just released an exciting video showcasing the Apollo 17 landing site, which features the lunar module descent stage, the Apollo 17 lunar surface experiments package, the U.S. flag, and the lunar rover.

LCROSS will Impact Moon on Friday Oct. 9th

October 8, 2009

LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite), one of the instruments sent into space along with LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), is on schedule to impact the Moon this Friday (October 9th) at 7:30am EDT. Coverage and additional information will be available live from NASA.

LRO is in Mapping Orbit

September 17, 2009

On September 15th LRO successfully executed its Mission Orbit Insertion (MOI) propulsive maneuver which established the nominal mission orbit. This means the LRO cameras are now in a 50km polar mapping orbit of the Moon, which will result in higher resolution images.

LROC Videos Available in High Definition Format

August 6, 2009

Head on over to our LRO Live! page to check out videos taken by LROC's narrow-angle-camera (NAC) in high definition format.

Pointing at distant stars

July 24, 2009

LROC began performing its star calibrations this week!

Bakeout complete!

July 13, 2009

With bakeout complete, the NACs were reactivated over the weekend to begin systematic calibrations.

NAC Imaging Hiatus

July 9, 2009

The LROC NACs are powered down as we complete the final bakeout!

New additions to the LROC Image Gallery!

July 6, 2009

We have added more of our favorite images to the LROC Image Gallery!

A Bird's Eye View of the Moon

July 4, 2009

See a spectacular flyover of the lunar surface!

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