Images Featured Sites Quickmap Videos Gigapan Exhibits Exciting New Images from The LROC Team. Total posts 921 Search Luna 25 Impact Crater During the descent to the surface, the Russian spacecraft Luna 25 experienced an anomaly that caused it to impact into the southwest rim of Pontecoulant G crater on 19 August 2023 11:58 am UTC (14:58 Moscow time). Image is 1100 meters wide, north is up, LROC NAC M1447547309R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Nov 2023 On the Way to Shioli Crater The upcoming Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) lunar lander will touchdown in the vicinity of Shioli crater (center foreground, 210-meter diameter). The bright interior and rays indicate a very young age for this crater and the unnamed crater (85-meter diameter) seen in the upper left. M1249431011LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University] Published on 07 Nov 2023 Gruithuisen: Collapsed Lava Tube? The spectacular sinuous landform shown above is thought to be a collapsed lava tube (34.7°N, 316.6°E), located near Gruithuisen K crater. NAC controlled mosaic containing images M1173350480L/R, M1173357586L/R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 06 Oct 2023 Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site Chandrayaan-3 lander is in the center of the image, its dark shadow is visible against the bright halo surrounding the vehicle. The image is 1738 meters wide, M1447750764LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 05 Sep 2023 Mount Marilyn: A Lunar Love Story Mount Marilyn, with its distinctive triangular shape, served as an important navigation landmark for the Apollo 11 astronauts. Portion of LROC Wide Angle Camera mosaic, 138 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 31 Aug 2023 Once in a Super Blue Moon A projection of the LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) mosaic showing the Moon as it will appear during the August 30th, 2023 super blue Moon [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 25 Aug 2023 Mysteries Remain Frozen in our Celestial Backyard Traversability conditions and landing site assessment map for the lunar south polar region. The percentage of time that the surface will be illuminated and visible to the Earth is modeled for the expected Artemis timeframe (July 9, 2024 - June 11, 2025) at 500 m/pixel. Ideal conditions for surface activities (<10° slope and >45% sunlight (SUN) and Earth (E) line-of-sight) are indicated by light yellow. Areas indicative of potential water ice on the surface are shown in light pink. Published on 13 Jun 2023 Impact Site of the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander HAKUTO-R Mission 1 Lunar Lander impact site, as seen by LROC the day after the attempted landing. LROC NAC image M1437131607R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 23 May 2023 Looking Over the Orientale Basin Indian Ocean as seen from lunar orbit (2015-12-10 06:00:29.202 UTC). NAC high-resolution monochrome image merged with WAC lower-resolution color observations. North is to the left, Antarctica to the right, Australia at the top, and Africa at the bottom (E1204366496L, M1204365627C [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]). Published on 07 Apr 2023 Tycho: A Model Central Peak Color-shaded relief map showing elevations for the central peak of Tycho crater. Black areas indicate shadows in the stereo images, where no topography could be extracted [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. Published on 29 Mar 2023 Prev 1 2 3 4 5 … 93 Next ← Previous Next → Displaying Post 1 - 10 of 921 in total
