Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Exciting New Images from The LROC Team.

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First Look: Chang'e 4

06 Feb 2019

East to west limb view of Von Kármán crater — Arrows indicate position of Chang'e 4 lander on the floor of Von Kármán crater. The sharp crater behind and to the left of the landing site is 3900 meters across (12,800 feet) and 600 meters (1970 feet) deep. Image was shrunk by more than a factor of ten (full resolution available inside the post). LROC NAC M1303521387LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

The West Side of Plato Crater

18 Jan 2019

The west side of Plato

Chang'e 4 Lander Coordinates

11 Jan 2019

Lander locater images

On the Farside!

03 Jan 2019

M134022629LR Pre-landing image — Safe on the farside, Chang'e 4 set down somewhere in this LROC image obtained 17 July 2010. The lines connect craters seen in the Chang'e 4 descent image (CNSA/CLEP) with the same craters seen in the LROC image. Image width 2700 meters, NAC M134022629LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Von Kármán Crater: Awaiting A Visitor

02 Jan 2019

LROC WAC mosaic of Von Karman crater — Von Kármán crater (186 kilometer diameter), a treasure house of geologic landforms! LROC Wide Angle Camera mosaic, five degree latitude and longitude grid [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

First to See the Farside

24 Dec 2018

AS08-13-2329, BW Earthrise — First photograph (BW) taken of the famous Apollo 8 Earthrise sequence, the following images were acquired with color film [AS08-13-2329, NASA].

Mount Marilyn: A Lunar Love Story

21 Dec 2018

138 km wide view, centered on Mt. Marilyn — 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].

Korolev X and Z

14 Dec 2018

Oblique view of Korolev Z, Korolev X, and melt flow that links them — Sharing a melt flow: visible in the right part of this oblique image is the bright wall of Korolev Z crater, the source of a 12.5-kilometer-long dark melt flow that drapes across the ancient floor of the degraded crater Korolev X. South is to the left. The image covers an area measuring about 20 kilometers from left to right and 40 kilometers from bottom to top. NAC image M1168158470LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Lunar Beauty

20 Nov 2018

A bright young crater. — The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera imaged this bright young ray crater (3.13˚N, 281.07˚E) on 3 November 2018 — just three weeks ago. The Sun shone from the west (left, 48˚ incidence angle). This image covers an area 8.1 kilometers across. NAC image M12959100LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Fractured Crater

15 Nov 2018

Komarov crater — Interior of Komarov crater (24.59°N, 152.25°E; 85 kilometers diameter), near the southern edge of Mare Moscoviense, on the lunar farside. Image 15 km wide across center, LROC NAC M1263901757LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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