Featured Images
Layers near Apollo 15 landing site
West side edges of Hadley Rille, near Apollo 15 landing site. Image number M113941548L, resolution is 0.5 m/pixel, image width is 500 m, incidence angle 59°, sunlight is from right side of the image [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 30 Aug 2011
Ray of boulders
Dozens of boulders, ranging from 10 m to more than 30 m in diameter, are distributed within an ejecta ray close to the crater rim (lower right). These boulders represent the deepest material excavated during crater formation. LROC NAC...
Published on 18 Aug 2011
Sampling Schrödinger
Boulders rolled down an incline on a terrace near the Schrödinger basin rim. Boulders are ~20 to 30 m in size. Image width is ~1.2 km, downslope direction to upper left, LROC NAC M159017963R [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 17 Aug 2011
Channelized impact melt
Channelized impact melt flow cut through pre-existing rock. Image number M103216633L, incidence angle 68°, image scale 1.4 m/pixels, sunlight direction is from the left [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 10 Aug 2011
Crash or Coincidence?
An odd-looking impact feature raises an intriguing, Apollo-era trivia question (3.02°N, 119.15°E). NAC image number M141485413; incidence angle 12°; Sun is from the east; north is up; image is ~600 meters across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State...
Published on 20 Jul 2011
Splash and flow
Impact melt flowed across the primary ejecta of an unnamed Copernican-aged impact crater (46.75°N, 49.81°E). LROC NAC M159631206L,R; source crater toward the bottom [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 14 Jul 2011
Stress and pull
Cracks - not boulders! - abound on the ridge crest of this wrinkle ridge in Mare Imbrium. LROC NAC M102171046LR, image width is 1.7 km [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 13 Jul 2011
Old Man River (of Lava)
A tight turn in a sinuous rille. Could you drive a SUV sized rover through it? Probably, it's flat on the bottom. Just watch out for house-sized boulders. Image number M157934151L, incidence angle 35°, image is 1.75 km across...
Published on 28 Jun 2011
Discontinuous rilles
Northwestern edge of disconnected depression (14.53°N, 311.43°E) from Rima Marius. Image number M135507533R, incidence angle 58°, image width is 550 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 12 May 2011
Project Mercury Photography Now Online
Alan Shepard's view of space from Freedom 7 [NASA/JSC/Arizona State University]!
Published on 05 May 2011
King crater ejecta deposits
Deceleration lobes in King crater (5.0°N, 120.5°E) ejecta. Image number M103739394LE; incidence angle 61°; image is ~1,200 meters across [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University]
Published on 04 May 2011
Wrinkled Planet
Intricate fault patterns enhanced by dawn lighting in Seares crater (Sun is shining from lower right). North is up, image width is 2800 meters, M130681684LR [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 02 May 2011
Dark streaks in Diophantus crater
Northern flank of Diophantus crater. LROC NAC M124797072L, 0.56 m/pixel, image width is about 678 m. Illumination is from the bottom of the image, downslope direction is from top to bottom of the image [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 23 Feb 2011
Striated blocks in Aristarchus crater
Field of striated boulders on the wall of Aristarchus crater. Uphill is towards top of image. LROC NAC image M120161915 [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 16 Feb 2011
Rima Bradley
Rima Bradley is a northeast/southwest-trending linear rille located between Mare Imbrium and Palus Putredinis (very close to the Apollo 15 landing site). Rima Bradley probably formed as a result of tectonic stresses in the Imbrium...
Published on 10 Feb 2011
New View of Apollo 14
NAC image of the Apollo 14 landing site acquired 25 January 2011. Descent stage of lunar module Antares in center, image width is 500 meters [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 04 Feb 2011
Crater Mendeleev
The LROC WAC 100 m/pixel monochrome mosaic shows the entire Crater Mendeleev (313 km in diameter). The white box marks the location of Catena Mendeleev [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 03 Feb 2011
Challenger Astronauts Memorialized on the Moon
Craters in the center of Apollo basin (36°S, 209°E) named after Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts, LROC WAC mosaic, ~190 km wide [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].
Published on 28 Jan 2011
Approaching Aitken Crater - Vertregt J
As LRO slewed to obliquely view Aitken crater (17 January Featured Image), the northern edge of Vertregt J was serendipitously captured by the NAC. North to the left, image is about 6 km wide [NASA/GSFC/ASU].
Published on 19 Jan 2011
Ejecta in Tycho crater
320 m block of ejecta in Tycho crater covered by a veneer of impact melt. Image width is 370 m, LROC NAC 142334392RE [NASA/GFSC/Arizona State University].
Published on 08 Dec 2010