Sentences with phrase «lunar orbiter image»

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), which normally produces beautifully clear images of the lunar surface, produced an image that was wild and jitLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), which normally produces beautifully clear images of the lunar surface, produced an image that was wild and jitlunar surface, produced an image that was wild and jittery.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which maps the moon, came close enough to image the Apollo 11 lander and traces of the astronauts» presence.

Now images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveal 14 more, all over the moon's surface.

After training on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images covering about one - third of the moon's surface, the program was shown another third of the lunar landsLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images covering about one - third of the moon's surface, the program was shown another third of the lunar landslunar landscape.

Far side of the moon: this is a composite image of the lunar farside taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in June 2009, note the absence of dark alunar farside taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in June 2009, note the absence of dark aLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in June 2009, note the absence of dark areas.

Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft, released in October, show a pattern of cliffy scarps all across the lunar surface (as shown on the map above, with white dots indicating newly discovered scarps and black dots marking previously known oLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft, released in October, show a pattern of cliffy scarps all across the lunar surface (as shown on the map above, with white dots indicating newly discovered scarps and black dots marking previously known olunar surface (as shown on the map above, with white dots indicating newly discovered scarps and black dots marking previously known ones).

«Our well - calibrated UV images will act as a pathfinder for mapping by NASA's 2008 Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,» says Garvin.

Before - and - after images of the region taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will provide data that will allow researchers to estimate the strength and cohesiveness of surface rocks at the impact sites.

CRATER CRAZE Images captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from 2009 to 2015 revealed 222 new impact craters (in yellow) on the moon.

The images used in the discovery come from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), built by MSSS and operated by principal investigator Mark Robinson at Arizona State University, continues to return 0.5 meter per pixel high - resolution images and 100 meter per pixel multi-spectral images after being launched in June 2009.

A high - definition image of the Earth rising above the Moon's south pole, taken from Japan's Kaguya lunar orbiter in 2007.

[10][11][12] Following the launch of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, many lunar lava tubes have been imLunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, many lunar lava tubes have been imlunar lava tubes have been imaged.

McMoons: How a Band of Scientists Saved Lunar Image History September 22 - May 14 Image 1: Earthrise Image, restored and unrestored, NASA Lunar Orbiter 1, 1966.

Capturing an image of the Earth and moon with LRO's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) instrument is a complicated task.

One of the largest mosaic photographs in the world is the Northern Polar Mosaic created by NASA using images captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter; the total resolution of the final mosaic image is an enormous 680 gigapixels.