Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

Exciting New Images from The LROC Team.

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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].

On and Around Mons Piton

09 May 2019

Mons Piton rising above Mare Imbrium — Mons Piton rises 2300 meters above the dark volcanic rocks of Mare Imbrium. The image covers an area 15.5 kilometers wide, north is up, and the Sun shines from the east (right). LROC NAC image pair M190609650LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Topographic Map of the Chang'e 4 Site

30 Apr 2019

Color shaded relief Chang'e 4 site LROC NAC DTM — Topographic map of the Chang'e 4 landing site derived from LROC NAC stereo pair (M1303619844LR, M1303640934LR obtained on 1 February 2019). North is up, map is 5500 meters wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Order from Chaos — Blagg Crater

16 Apr 2019

Blagg crater sits astride a wrinkle ridge. — Blagg crater, named for the British astronomer who helped bring order to lunar naming chaos, is full of surprises. Taken during morning with the Sun shining from the right (east), the image above shows an area of the Moon just 9.5 kilometers wide. LROC NAC image pair M192946338LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Mysteries of Compton Crater

10 Apr 2019

The north-central floor of Compton crater. — The oblique view of part of the north-central floor of Compton crater (center lat 55.9°, center lon 104.1°) shows floor fractures, the north slopes of its central peaks (center right), thousands of impact craters (some less than a meter wide), and dark floor material produced by ancient volcanic eruptions (top). North is to the left, east is toward the top, and the image spans 40 kilometers from top to bottom. NAC image pair M1251237173LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Chang'e 4 Rover on the Move

20 Mar 2019

28 Feb Chang'e 4 and rover — The Chang'e 4 rover, Yutu-2, moved between 1 February 2019 and 28 February 2019. The upper left panel (M1298916428L) shows the landing site before Chang'e 4 set down and the image in upper right panel (M1303619844L) has the best resolution of the lander and rover taken so far. The lower left image (M1303640934L) was taken six hours later with a slew angle of 40°. The most recent view in the lower right (M1305967189R) shows that Yutu-2 traversed 46 meters to the west during the month of February. All the images were first sampled to the same pixel scale (80 centimeters) then expanded by a factor of two; north is up [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Chladni 225

21 Feb 2019

Chladni crater, a "simple" lunar crater in Sinus Medii. — Chladni crater (center lat 3.96°N, center lon 1.11°E) is a classic bowl-shaped "simple" lunar crater located in Sinus Medii ("central bay"). The image displays the north and east parts of the 13.1-kilometer-wide crater, including part of its surrounding ejecta blanket, upraised rim, and bright, steep interior wall. The central and eastern parts of its lumpy, crater-pocked floor are visible at lower left. Image width across the bottom is nine kilometers. NAC image pair M1190702052LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Above the Landing Site

15 Feb 2019

Chang'e 4 near nadir — Looking down on the Chang'e 4 landing site; lander is just beyond tip of large arrow, rover at tip of small arrow. Image is 468 meters (1535 feet) across, 2x enlargement, LROC M1303619844LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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