From NASA: LRO Camera Team Releases High Resolution Global Topographic Map of Moon. The science team that oversees the imaging system on board NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has released the highest resolution near-global topographic map of the moon ever created. This new topographic map, from Arizona State University in Tempe, shows the surface shape …
Tag: Moon
Ice on the Moon
From Astronomy Picture of the Day 10/25/2010: Water Ice Detected Beneath Moon's Surface Blue is hydrogen-rich (probably water ice) and red is hydrogen-poor. The explanation from the APOD site: Is there enough water on the moon to sustain future astronauts? The question has important implications if humanity hopes to use the Moon as a future …
Earth Observatory — recent images
Some of my favorite recent images from NASA's Earth Observatory Image of the Day: Swirling sea ice near Baffin Island (credit: NASA/Terra/MODIS) Apollo 11 landing site (credit: NASA/Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter). Images of other Apollo landing sites are at NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter site. The orbiter isn't in its final orbit, and future images will have …
Moon rover
NASA's Image of the Day Gallery has a concept of what the next lunar rover will look like: Here's the description from NASA: NASA's Next Generation Moon Rover In the year 2020, NASA will be back on the moon. This time NASA will explore thousands of miles of the moon's surface with individual missions lasting …
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