Featured Images
Five Years Later: Revisiting an Old Friend
A portion of LROC's first image (M101013931), acquired five years ago today. This region of the rim of Shackleton crater near the lunar South Pole is illuminated over 70% of the time, while the floor of the crater is permanently...
Published on 03 Jul 2014
The Original Interplanetary Mountaineers
Traverse plots of the first two Apollo 15 EVAs, on which astronauts Scott and Irwin ventured to the lower slopes of Mons Hadley Delta (center left); numbers indicate elevations above the landing site (LM) (oblique LROC NAC M1123519889;...
Published on 20 Jun 2014
Soaring Over Mighty Mt. Hadley
An oblique view, looking east-to-west over the Apennine Mountains towards Hadley Rille (upper left) (LROC NAC M1123519889, north is to the right). A long shadow is cast by mighty Mt. Hadley (center right). Nestled between the Apennines...
Published on 18 Jun 2014
Trundling Across the Moon
Tracks made by Lunokhod 2 as it tested for variations in local magnetic properties while traversing around a small crater (25.764°N, 30.474°E), M122007650R, image width 470 m [NASA/ GSFC/ Arizona State University].
Published on 23 May 2014
Elongated Crater
Full resolution LROC NAC M155084711R showing the northeastern wall and floor of Arago E crater. The floor is peppered with rocks that tumbled down the crater wall. In this image North is up, image width is ~0.5 miles (800 m)...
Published on 01 May 2014
Sometimes You Just Need to Vent
Low reflectance material cascaded down the wall of what is likely a volcanic vent in the southwestern portion of the Orientale basin. Image width is approximately 750 m. LROC NAC image M1150135366 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 15 Apr 2014
681 Gigapixels!
Spectacular LROC Northern Polar Mosaic (LNPM) allows exploration from 60°N up to the pole at the astounding pixel scale of 2 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 18 Mar 2014
Close Encounter!
LADEE caught zooming 9-km below LRO! LROC NAC M1144387511LR, image 821 meters wide. Hint: click on image for full resolution and look for the small horizontal blur in the image center [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 29 Jan 2014
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
A Great Place to Rove!
Sinus Iridum area of the Moon - it is likely that China will land a rover near Laplace A crater before the end of the year! Arrow shows location of Soviet Lunokhod 1 rover, LROC WAC mosaic is 360 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 22 Nov 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
Secondaries near Mare Moscoviense
A cluster of secondary craters found in the highlands adjacent to Mare Moscoviense (28.803°S; 142.876°E). NAC frame M1104980770R, illumination is from the southeast, north is up, image is ~1.4 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 08 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
Looking East Over Reiner Gamma
LROC NAC oblique image looking west to east over the Reiner Gamma Formation (7.409°N, 300.972°E, north is to the left). Image is ~22 km wide (M1127569280). Arrows highlight a scarp formed by thrust faulting [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 19 Sep 2013
Snapshots From Space
Astronaut Cernan (UR, LR), Evans (UL, LR) and Schmitt (LL) relaxing in the Apollo 17 Command Module America after Cernan and Schmitt returned from three days of exploring the magnificent Taurus Littrow valley [NASA/ Arizona State...
Published on 25 Jul 2013
A Unique View Of The Moon
The Sun overhead, across the whole Moon! Of course this is not possible in real life, but 36 nearly complete WAC mosaics make this view possible [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 17 Jul 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
Ka-Pow!
High-reflectance ejecta and low-reflectance impact melt streamers surround this fresh impact crater. NAC M189994606LR, image width 2.25 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 18 Jun 2013
March of Time
Small white blotch with black center (in center of image) is likely a new impact crater formed during the LRO mission. Inset in lower left (38 meters wide) shows 4x enlargement. NAC M1117799545, 480 meters wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 20 May 2013
The Fourth Mairan Dome
A volcanic dome in northeastern Oceanus Procellarum. LROC NAC M1119207667R, image is ~3.1 km across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 17 Apr 2013