LRO Discovery Will Rewrite Lunar Textbooks

LRO Discovery Will Rewrite Lunar Textbooks

by | Oct 15, 2014

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...
Lunar Pits May Shelter Astronauts on Moon

Lunar Pits May Shelter Astronauts on Moon

by | Aug 21, 2014

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...
Lunar Snapshot Celebrates LRO’s Mountain of Work

Lunar Snapshot Celebrates LRO’s Mountain of Work

by | Jun 20, 2014

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...
Choose the Cover for NASA’s “Moon as Art” Collection

Choose the Cover for NASA’s “Moon as Art” Collection

by | May 28, 2014

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...