Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spies Movement of Shadows Near the Moon’s South Pole
At the Moon’s North and South Poles, the Sun is never more than 1.5° above or below the horizon. The resulting pattern of daylight and…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: Teaching an Old Spacecraft New Tricks to Continue Exploring the Moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has far exceeded its planned mission duration, revealing that the Moon holds surprises: ice deposits that could be used…
Automated Technology Allows Unparalleled Space Exploration from Moon, to Asteroids, and Beyond
When landing Apollo 11 in 1969, astronauts looked out the window for distinguishing features that they recognized from maps of the Moon and were able…
NASA Launched Laser Beams at the Moon – For the First Time, They Received a Signal Back
Dozens of times over the last decade NASA scientists have launched laser beams at a reflector the size of a paperback novel about 240,000 miles…
Surprising Find at the Bottom of Moon’s Craters Provides New Insights to Its Origin
Life on Earth would not be possible without the Moon; it keeps our planet’s axis of rotation stable, which controls seasons and regulates our climate….
A Hunt for Ice on the Moon Ends in Surprise: What the Moon’s Really Made of
Radar Points to Moon Being More Metallic Than Previously Thought What started out as a hunt for ice lurking in polar lunar craters turned into…
Jaw Dropping 4K Views of the Moon Apollo 13 Astronauts Saw on Their Perilous Journey Around the Farside
This video uses data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft to recreate some of the stunning views of the Moon that the Apollo 13…
Majority of Lunar Ice Deposits Are Likely Billions of Years Old – But Some May Be Much More Recent
New research sheds light on the ages of ice deposits reported in the area of the Moon’s south pole — information that could help identify…
New Research on Lunar Ice Deposits Examines When and How It Got There
The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no…
Scientists Observe Water Molecules Moving Around the Moon
Using an instrument aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), scientists have observed water molecules moving around the dayside of the Moon. A paper published in…
NASA’s LRO Views Solar Eclipse as Seen From the Moon
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured an image of the Moon’s shadow over a large region of the United States during the total solar eclipse…
NASA’s LRO Reveals New Evidence of Frost on the Moon’s Surface
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has identified bright areas in craters near our moon’s south pole that are cold enough to have frost present on…
LRO Spacecraft Reveals Earth’s Moon Hit by Surprising Number of Meteoroids
A newly published study reveals that a random bombardment by comets, asteroids and associated fragments are altering the lunar surface at a higher rate than…
Rare Full Cold Moon on Christmas Day
This Christmas Day a bright full moon will be an added gift for the holidays. Known as the Full Cold Moon, this event won’t happen…
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Apollo 16 Booster Rocket Impact Site
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter views the Apollo 16 S-IVB impact site on the moon. After decades of uncertainty, the Apollo 16 S-IVB impact site on…
Deep Dielectric Charging May Alter Evolution of Lunar Soil
Data from the Cosmic Ray Telescope and the Advanced Composition Explorer has revealed that energetic charged particles (such as galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic…
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Moves Closer to the Lunar Surface
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is now within 20 kilometers of the lunar South Pole, the closest the spacecraft has ever been to the lunar surface….
LRO Spacecraft Finds New Impact Craters on The Moon
By comparing pictures taken early in the mission with more recent images, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed more than two-dozen new impact craters –…