LRO
LRO Spots Apollo 14 Booster Crash Site on Moon
[/caption] Speaking of lunar impacts: While we await the science data from the LCROSS mission impact earlier this morning, the…
LRO Provides Flashback to 1966
[/caption] On June 2, 1966 the Surveyor 1 spacecraft soft landed on the Moon, the first US spacecraft to set…
LRO Takes Second, Closer Look at Apollo 11 Landing Site
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken a second look at the Apollo 11 landing site. These images were taken…
First Science Data from LRO; ‘Tantalizing’ Hints of Water
[/caption] The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and is now in its science and…
LRO, Chandrayaan-1 Team Up For Unique Search for Water Ice
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 will team up on August 20 to perform a Bi-Static radar experiment to…
Apollo Landing Sites Pose a Threat to LRO Instrument
[/caption] The recent images released by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter of the Apollo landing sites are truly remarkable. But there…
LRO Images Apollo Landing Sites (w00t!)
[/caption] As anticipated, NASA released images of the Apollo landing sites taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The pictures…
LRO Hi-Def Lunar Flyover Movie
The folks at Goddard Space Flight Center working on the the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission have put together a flyover…
First Images from LRO
[/caption] Woohoo! NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken its first images of the Moon! There are two cameras on board…
LRO Successfully In Lunar Orbit; LCROSS Provides Flyby Video
[/caption] The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter fired its braking thrusters for 40 minutes early today, successfully inserting the spacecraft into orbit…