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23 June 2010
One Year of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Top Ten Finds
One year ago today, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) officially reached orbit about the Moon, and in the past 12 months has gathered more digital information than any previous planetary mission in history. NASA says that maps and datasets collected by LRO’s state-of-the-art instruments will form the foundation for all future lunar exploration plans, as [...]
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29 March 2010
A New Look at the Moon: Stunning 3-D Lunar Landscapes
You may recall Bernhard Braun as the wizard from UnmannedSpaceflight.com who created the amazing 3-D images of the Mars avalanche. Now he's created incredible planetary landscapes for a different world: the Moon. "Actually, this has been my very first attempt with lunar imagery after my previous work has almost been exclusively devoted [...]
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16 March 2010
You, Too Can Find Missing Russian Spacecraft
On Monday, NASA released the complete set of science data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera’s first six months of observations, consisting of more than 100,000 lunar images. Straight away, Phil Stooke from the University of Western Ontario began scanning the images to help find a "missing" Russian rover on the lunar surface, the [...]
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01 March 2010
Look for "Flood" of News This Week About Water on the Moon
Almost five months ago, the LCROSS spacecraft had an abrupt end to its flight when it impacted a crater on the Moon's south pole. But that was only the beginning of the work of principal investigator Tony Colaprete and the rest of the science teams, who have since been working non-stop to get [...]
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16 December 2009
LRO Finds Some Surprises on the Moon
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is getting the closest look yet at the Moon from orbit, providing crucial insights to help prepare for a possible return of humans to the lunar surface. "There is a lot of natural beauty on the Moon," said Mike Wargo, NASA's chief lunar scientist, speaking at the American Geophysical [...]
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13 November 2009
Just Released! Video of Tranquility Base via LRO
You've seen the pictures, now watch the movie! Zoom into the Apollo 11 landing site with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's latest images of Tranquility Base where humans took their first steps on the Moon. Thrill with the detail! Swoon with the history! Or, just enjoy it. © nancy for Universe Today, [...]
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04 November 2009
LRO's Closer Look at the Apollo 12 Landing Site
Close-up view of Apollo 12 landing site from LRO. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University Wow! Just look at the detail visible in this image of the Apollo 12 landing site taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from its lower mapping orbit of 50 km above the surface. Compared to earlier images taken in September when [...]
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28 October 2009
LRO Takes Closer Look at Apollo 17 Landing Site
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter maneuvered into its 50-km mapping orbit on September 15, which enables it to take a closer look at the Moon than any previous orbiter. This also allows for comparing previous images taken by LRO when it was at its higher orbit. Here's the Apollo 17 landing site: just look [...]
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20 October 2009
LRO, Chandrayaan-1 Scientist Arrested for Espionage
Times are tough, but you have to wonder what this guy was thinking. Stewart David Nozette, 52, who was involved in the recent discovery of water on the Moon by the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has been arrested for espionage for allegedly trying to sell details of US missile detection satellites in exchange for cash. Nozette [...]
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17 October 2009
Moon Crash Plume Visible to Spacecraft But Not Earth Telescopes
Nine science instruments on board the LCROSS spacecraft captured the entire crash sequence of the Centaur impactor before the spacecraft itself impacted the surface of the moon. But any evidence of the plume was hidden by the rim of a giant impact basin, a 3 kilometer-high (2-mile) mountain right in the way for Earth [...]
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09 October 2009
LRO Spots Apollo 14 Booster Crash Site on Moon
Speaking of lunar impacts: While we await the science data from the LCROSS mission impact earlier this morning, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team has released this image of another impact on the Moon 38 years ago . The crater in the center of this image was formed by Apollo 14's Saturn IVB booster. The [...]
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30 September 2009
LRO Provides Flashback to 1966
On June 2, 1966 the Surveyor 1 spacecraft soft landed on the Moon, the first US spacecraft to land on another body. Now, 43 years later the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has spotted this historic spacecraft, sitting silently on the Moon's surface. The scene shows the spacecraft (annotated with an arrow, and the [...]
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29 September 2009
LRO Takes Second, Closer Look at Apollo 11 Landing Site
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has taken a second look at the Apollo 11 landing site. And since LRO is now in its science orbit of 50 km (31 miles) above the Moon, and closer when it took previous images, the new images provide more detail and a whole new look at this [...]
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18 September 2009
First Science Data from LRO; 'Tantalizing' Hints of Water
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase and is now in its science and mapping orbit of the moon. Already, the spacecraft has made significant progress in creating the most detailed atlas of the moon's south pole, and Thursday mission scientists reported some of the early science results, including [...]
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19 August 2009
LRO, Chandrayaan-1 Team Up For Unique Search for Water Ice
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and India's Chandrayaan-1 will team up on August 20 to perform a Bi-Static radar experiment to search for water ice in a crater on the Moon's north pole. Both spacecraft will be in close proximity approximately 200 km above the lunar surface, and both are equipped with radar instruments. [...]
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