Above: Artist rendering of the LRO orbiting the Moon. New evidence gathered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) suggests volcanic activity on the Moon was still occurring during the age of the dinosaurs. The discovery is a significant shift in the geological...
An image taken by the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) of the ‘Sea of Tranquility’ pit-crater (Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University). It’s no small challenge to build a settlement on the moon. An endless barrage of micrometeorites, damaging solar...
Photo of Tycho Central Peak captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Located in the middle of Tycho Crater on the lunar surface, it stretches 9 miles across, and 1 mile high. Image Credit: NASA. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is celebrating five...
Image Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA is inviting the public to select their favorite image of the moon from a collection taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to celebrate its fifth anniversary in space. The winning selection will don...
