Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Low-Flying Moon Probe Spies Craters And Mountains While Seeking Stars

While NASA's newest lunar probe was tracking the stars, it also captured the moon! This series of star tracker images…

8 years ago

Close Encounters of the Lunar Kind – LRO images LADEE

This dissolve animation compares the LRO image (geometrically corrected) of LADEE captured on Jan 14, 2014 with a computer-generated and…

8 years ago

China’s Chang’e-3 Lander and Yutu Moon Rover – from Above and Below

Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover – from Above And Below Composite view shows China’s Chang’e-3 lander and Yutu rover from…

8 years ago

The Most Unique Eclipse Image You’ll Ever See

You’ve probably never before seen an image like the one above. That’s because it is the first time something like…

8 years ago

Looking Into the Moon’s Permanently Shadowed Craters

There are some craters on the Moon that never see the light of day. But that doesn't stop the Lunar…

9 years ago

One Spacecraft Captures Another in Lunar Orbit

This is awesome! It is the first footage of one orbiting robotic spacecraft taken by another orbiting robotic spacecraft at…

9 years ago

A New, Automatic 3-D Moon

Korolev lobate scarp on the Moon, in 3-D. Lobate scarps, a type of cliff,are found mostly in the highlands on…

9 years ago

Dramatic New Video Brings You to the Dazzling Lunar Surface

This video has been in production for a while and was not originally meant to honor Neil Armstrong, but it…

9 years ago

Seeking the Moon’s Rare Atmosphere

Using the dim light of distant stars reflecting off of the surface of the Moon, scientists using a spectrometer aboard…

9 years ago

Loads of Ice Waiting for Explorers at the Moon’s Shackleton Crater

Shackleton crater on the Moon’s south pole has been somewhat of an enigma, as its permanently shadowed interior has made…

9 years ago