Shackleton Crater at the lunar south pole is one of the locations on NASA’s shortlist for human exploration with the…
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) – NASA’s eye-in-the-sky in orbit around the Moon – has found the crash site of…
Since 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been taking high-resolution pictures of the lunar surface. This data, along with…
Cameras can be finicky - especially ones primarily used for astronomy. When used for a purpose other than their intended…
You know the feeling …. seeing Jupiter through your own telescope. If it gives you the chills -- like it…
Eleven years into its mission, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is starting to show its age, but a recent software…
On October 13th, 2014, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) experienced something rare and unexpected. While monitoring the surface of the…
In an ‘Independence Day’ gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing…
Using lunar samples from the Apollo missions, scientists have determined that the majority of water inside the Moon was delivered…