The Story Behind Apollo 8’s Famous Earthrise Photo [Video]
On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders became the first humans to witness the Earth rising above the…
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Shackleton Shadows Unveiled: NASA Stunning Moon Camera Mosaic Sheds Light on Lunar South Pole
LROC and ShadowCam collaboratively unveil the Shackleton Crater’s mosaic, providing unparalleled insights into the lunar South Pole and its potential ice deposits, aiding future lunar…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spots Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site on Moon
NASA’s LRO – the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter – spacecraft imaged the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on the Moon’s surface. The ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Chandrayaan-3…
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: NASA’s Secret Weapon for Artemis Moon Missions
For the 2024 Artemis II mission, astronauts are trained using extensive data from NASA’s 14-year-old Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, ensuring well-informed lunar explorations. When astronauts set…
NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Captures Impact Site of Failed HAKUTO-R Moon Lander
The HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander, launched by ispace in December 2022, failed to land safely on the Moon. In April 2023, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance…
NASA Spacecraft Finds Pits on the Moon That Always Hover Around a Comfortable Temperature
Scientists have discovered shaded locations within pits on the Moon that always hover around a comfortable 63 °F (about 17 °C). The NASA-funded researchers used…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Spots Mystery Rocket Impact Site on Moon
Astronomers discovered a rocket body heading toward a lunar collision late last year. Impact occurred on March 4, 2022, with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)…
A Rocket Is Going To Crash Into the Moon Friday – NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Will Get an Up-Close View of the Smoldering Crater
The accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space. On March 4, 2022, a lonely, spent rocket booster will smack into…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Images Saturn From 56 Miles Above the Moon
From a viewpoint about 90 kilometers (56 miles) above Lacus Veris, “Lake of Spring,” the camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft imaged Saturn…
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: 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…