Recent News
LROC 9th PDS Release
The 9th LROC Planetary Data System release includes images acquired between 2011-09-16 to 2011-12-14. This release contains 81,355 EDR images totaling 9.6 TB and 81,355 CDR...
Published on 16 Mar 2012
LROC NAC Topography - Second Release
The LROC Team released 57 new high resolution digital terrain models (DTM) on 15 January 2012.
Published on 05 Feb 2012
LROC 8th PDS Release
The 8th LROC Planetary Data System (PDS) release includes images acquired between 16 Jun 2011 and 15 Aug 2011. This release includes 83,010 EDR images totaling 8.5 Tbytes and...
Published on 15 Dec 2011
LROC WAC Global Topography
The WAC global Digital Terrain Model (DTM) is available on the LROC RDR webpage!
Published on 07 Dec 2011
LROC 7th PDS Release
The 7th LROC Planetary Data System (PDS) release includes images acquired between 16 March 2011 and 15 June 2011. This release includes 76,516 EDR images totaling 8.6 Tbytes...
Published on 15 Sep 2011
Operations Journal: Rolling LRO
Part 2 of Special Targeting: Obliques
Published on 08 Sep 2011
Operations Journal: Special Targeting
Welcome to the exciting world of Special Targeting! My name is Christian Alf, and I will guide you through this special adventure. As a member of the LROC Operations Staff I...
Published on 16 Aug 2011
Operations Journal: Uplink - Commanding the Camera
Howdy! My name is Zack Bowles and I am one of the Uplink members of the LROC Operations team. Operations are mainly divided into Uplink and Downlink, with Uplink responsible...
Published on 15 Aug 2011
Operations Journal: LROC Down-link (DL), Team Activities.
Hello, my name is Tim Donnelly. As a member of the LROC Science Operations Center (SOC) I, along with two others, handle the Downlink duties of the SOC. As Shane Thompson...
Published on 21 Jul 2011
Operations Journal: A Look Back to the Beginning...
Greetings, I am Ernest Bowman-Cisneros, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Science Operations Center (SOC) manager. I have worn many hats during the lifetime of...
Published on 18 Jul 2011
LROC 6th PDS Release
The 6th LROC Planetary Data System (PDS) release includes images acquired between 16 December 2010 and 15 March 2011. This release includes 66,416 EDR images totaling 8.9...
Published on 15 Jun 2011
Quickmap - Try it out!
Try out the new LROC browse interface - Quickmap. Its a lot of fun! Start at reduced WAC resolution and end up on the surface at full NAC resolution.
Published on 30 Apr 2011
LROC K-12 Art Program
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) announces The Moon and Me K-12 Art Challenge! American students have the chance to submit artwork that answers the question: What...
Published on 28 Mar 2011
LROC 5th PDS Release
The 5th LROC Planetary Data System (PDS) release includes images acquired between 16 September 2010 and 15 December 2010. This release includes 69,505 EDR images totaling 8498...
Published on 15 Mar 2011
LROC 4th PDS Release
The LROC Team has released its 4th EDR and CDR dataset (14 December 2010).
Published on 14 Dec 2010
Reprocessed LROC Images Released
On 20 October 2010, reprocessed data products for the first volumes (LROLRC_0001) of the LRO-L-LROC-2-EDR-V1.0 and LRO-L-LROC-3-CDR-V1.0 datasets were made available on the...
Published on 20 Oct 2010
Two Major Milestones
The LROC Team delivers third archive volume to the PDS, more than 68,000 new images are now available!
Published on 16 Sep 2010
Exciting New Results from LROC Data
LROC images are providing important new insights into the geology of the Moon and helping to define key targets for future lunar exploration.
Published on 23 Aug 2010
LROC Featured Image -- Summer Vacation
The LROC Featured Image is on vacation this week - please check back the week of August 23rd.
Published on 17 Aug 2010
First Images
It was one year ago, 30 June 2009, when LROC was powered up and sent back its first images from the Moon.
Published on 30 Jun 2010