Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Exciting New Images from The LROC Team.

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Obscured in the Lunar Highlands?

26 Sep 2019

Flyover of Chandrayaan 2 landing site from Quickmap — The Chandrayaan-2 lander, Vikram, attempted a landing September 7th (Friday the 6th in the United States), on a small patch of lunar highland smooth plains between Simpelius N and Manzinus C craters. Unfortunately the landing was not successful and location of the spacecraft has not been announced. The scene above was captured from an LROC Quickmap fly-around of the site, image width is about 150 kilometers across the center [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

"Oceanus Procellarum Base Here - The Eagle Has Landed"

09 Aug 2019

Apollo 11 had three sites selected from five finalists — In 1969, NASA published a map showing candidate Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites. The map was based on photographs taken using large Earth-based telescopes. The map above, based on an LROC global image mosaic, is a near-copy of that historic map. Red dots represent the five candidate Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites as of February 1968. Yellow circles represent the final three Apollo 11 target sites. The green circle marks Site 2, the Apollo 11 prime site in Mare Tranquillitatis, where the Lunar Module Eagle actually landed [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Almost a Hole-in-One

25 Jul 2019

A boulder track inside the rim of Antoniadi crater — A geologic story in Antoniadi crater on the Moon's far side. North is toward the top. Image width 1.54 kilometers, NAC M1311837924LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

What Lies Beneath

19 Jul 2019

Central peak Jackson crater seen obliquely — Spectacular contrasts of gray scale in the central peak of Jackson crater signal variations in both composition and maturity (degree of freshness of the surface). Image is 3100 meters wide, north is to the right, M1265842750LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

What Armstrong Saw

16 Jul 2019

Simulated view out Armstrong's window — Simulated view of what Armstrong saw as the Lunar Module Eagle approached the aim point on the northeast flank of West crater (190 meters diameter). The odd shape of the image area is due to the small windows in the Eagle. North is to the right, NAC M131494509L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

How Spectacular is this View?!?!

15 Jul 2019

Western interior wall of Giordano Bruno — Oblique view of what might be the most spectacular young crater on the Moon - Giordano Bruno. The imposing cliff in the background rises 3000 m above the melt pool seen in the middle ground (top of cliff not seen here). Scene is about 3 kilometers wide, M1258193408LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

The Moon in Arizona

01 Jul 2019

A very special very average part of the Sea of Tranquillity where nobody and nothing ever landed or walked. Image credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University — This 3.48-kilometer-wide part of the Sea of Tranquility is very special, though no one has ever landed or walked here. NAC image M1123426954LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Yutu-2 Still on the Move!

27 Jun 2019

Chang'e 4 landing site in June 2019 — Yutu-2 (horizontal arrow) was about 130 meters west of the Chang'e 4 lander (vertical arrow) on 3 June 2019. North is up, image is 495 meters wide and enlarged two times, M1314237625L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Islands in the Dark

20 May 2019

Image of illuminated peaks near the rim of Shackleton crater — Darkness surrounds illuminated peaks between Shackleton crater (rim crest at right) and de Gerlache crater (out of scene left). As lunar days and seasons progress, darkness creeps along this elevated ridge near the south pole. Image width 15 kilometers, NAC M1195011983LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Beresheet Crash Site Spotted!

15 May 2019

SpaceIL Crash site — SpaceIL Beresheet crash site as seen by LROC eleven days after the attempted landing. Date in lower left indicates when the NAC image was acquired, M1310536929R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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