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Go On a Grand Tour of the Moon
To honor the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's amazing 1,000 days in science-filled orbit, the LRO team at Goddard Space Flight Center…
Revisiting The First Rover
[/caption] Before there was Curiosity, before Spirit, and Opportunity, and even long before Sojourner, there was Lunokhod 1, the Soviet…
Watch 4.5 Billion Years of the Moon’s Evolution in 2.5 Minutes
Over time, our Moon has changed from a glowing ball of magma, to being pummeled and pounded by impacts, to…
Why Does the “Man in the Moon” Face Earth?
[/caption] When we look at the Moon, we see these amazing variations of light and dark. And depending on your…
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Twin NASA Science Probes Start Lunar Gravity Mapping
[/caption] NASA’s twin lunar orbiting GRAIL (Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory) spacecraft christened Ebb and Flow have kicked off their…
Best Views Yet of Historic Apollo Landing Sites
[/caption] Just over 42 years after Neil and Buzz became the first humans to experience the "stark beauty" of the…
Why Are Lunar Shadows So Dark?
[/caption] A lunar boulder catches the last edge of the setting sunlight in this image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
Look, It’s a Moon Buggy! LRO’s Best Look Ever at the Apollo 15 Landing Site
[/caption] A new image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s Narrow Angle Camera provides the most detailed orbital look ever at…
Pick Up Some Good Librations With This Stunning Moon Video
As the Moon orbits Earth, it rotates at such a rate as to keep the same face aiming our way...…
A ‘Melted’ Moon Makes for Bad Future Landing Sites
[/caption] The miniature radio frequency (min-RF) radar instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is revealing some interesting things about…