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Station 6 - Apollo 17

Station 6 allowed Apollo 17 astronauts to explore a collection of boulders and regolith that represents the rocks from the mighty North Massif. Five large boulder fragments lie at the base of a long boulder trail, all from a single...

Published on 13 Dec 2013

Offset Floor of Buys-Ballot Crater

Ridge along the edge of Buys-Ballot crater floor. LROC NAC M1095343282L, image center 21.321°N, 175.152°E, image width 1.41 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Dec 2013

Making an Impact on History

LROC NAC image (M153014430L) of the Ranger 7 impact crater (bright crater near top center) in Mare Cognitum located at 339.323°E, 10.634°S. The crater is 14 meters in diameter; image width is 400 m. [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 07 Nov 2013

Dark Ejecta

A 78 m diameter crater with distinct dark ejecta surrounding the crater rim. The crater formed in the highlands (31.131°S, 147.536°E) north of the crater Jules Verne, LRO NAC frame M1115555142L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 31 Oct 2013

LROC Coordinates of Robotic Spacecraft - 2013 Update

Luna 17, the spacecraft that carried the Lunokhod 1 rover to the surface. You can make out the rover tracks around the lander. LROC NAC image M175502049RE [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 24 Sep 2013

Clerke Crater

Granular debris flows along the interior wall of Clerke crater. The crater floor is toward the upper left of the image. LROC NAC M183332397R, image width is ~2 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 05 Sep 2013

Surveyor Crater, Before and After

Another look at the Apollo 12 and Surveyor 3 landing site. See the full description for comparison with a Lunar Orbiter image of the same area taken 45 years ago! Image width is 470 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Jul 2013

Rima Marius Layering

Basalt layering is visible in the wall of this portion of Rima Marius. Image width is ~1.3 km, LROC NAC image M1103881010R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]. 

Published on 27 Jun 2013

Meanders in Posidonius

Small portion of a S-shaped meandering rille on the floor of Posidonius Crater (31.93°N, 29.85°E, 100 km diameter) - a floor-fractured crater. The curves in the rille are very tight. LROC NAC M1098658474R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 05 Feb 2013

Boulders In The Sea Of Serenity

A wrinkle ridge in western Mare Serenitatis is littered with boulders and high-albedo (bright) areas. Image is ~1.5 km across, NAC M106826896L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Jan 2013

Taurus Littrow Valley, West-To-East

The magnificent Taurus Littrow valley seen obliquely from west-to-east by the LROC NAC. The Apollo 17 crew briefly explored portions of this valley 40 years ago this month. M1096343661LR, image ~10 km across the center...

Published on 19 Dec 2012

Approach to Taurus Littrow Valley

View similar to what the Apollo 17 astronauts saw as they approached their landing in the magnificent Taurus Littrow Valley. LROC NAC east-to-west oblique image pair, about 18 km wide in center, M192703697LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 12 Dec 2012

Surveyor 7 - America's Last Lunar Unmanned Lander

Surveyor 7, sitting on the ejecta blanket of Tycho Crater, was the last spacecraft of the Surveyor series, and the only to land in the lunar highlands. NAC M175355093L, image width is 500 m. Inset is zoomed 4x [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...

Published on 07 Sep 2012

"Houston, Tranquility base here."

Apollo 11 landing site, as Armstrong and Aldrin left it some 43 years ago, LROC M175124932R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 27 Aug 2012

Sampling a Central Peak

Boulders from the central peak of Moretus crater litter the crater floor. NAC M185904952R, image width is ~852 m [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 09 Aug 2012

Question Answered!

LRO slewed 19° down-Sun allowing the illuminated side of the still standing American flag to be captured at the Apollo 17 landing site. M113751661L [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

Published on 27 Jul 2012

A New Tool For Exploring NAC Images!

New tool! Explore the Apollo landing sites using LROC images! Nine views of the Apollo 12 landing site [NASA/ASU/Arizona State University].

Published on 19 Jul 2012

Copernicus Central Peak From The West

West-to-east view of Copernicus crater central peak complex. The sharp boundary at the base of the 700 meter high peak in the foreground is a now frozen sea of impact melt that flooded the floor of the crater in its final stages of...

Published on 18 Jul 2012

Sunset Over Giordano Bruno

Slump terrace in the northern half of Giordano Bruno crater seen at sunset, from an altitude of 54 km. Terrace is 4800 meters wide, NAC M165190579LR [NASA/GSFC/ Arizona State University].

Published on 06 Jul 2012

Copernicus Central Peak

Copernicus crater central peak casts a long shadow to the west over a crater floor that was flooded with impact melt that cooled and hardened to form this spectacular landscape. LROC NAC M193025138LR, image width is 1350 m...

Published on 27 Jun 2012