Using data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has created the highest-resolution, most accurate map of the surface of the moon ever. Great. Now let’s pick a spot to park our spaceships and let’s get back there pronto. More »
It may not be a Double Rainbow, but it’s a Lunar Rainbow! How could this be possible? it doesn’t rain there. The moon doesn’t even have an atmosphere… so how could the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s camera capture this phenomenal phenomenon? More »
As part of Saturday’s International Observe the Moon Night, NASA fired a ton of lasers at the moon. They weren’t declaring war on alien life form or trying to melt the cheese – instead they were tracking the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. More »
Suck it up, conspiracy theorists, because soon your cuckoo stories about the US simulating the Moon landings will be over forever. NASA has confirmed to Gizmodo that the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will take photos of all the Apollo landing sites: More »
While Ulysses dies in the solitude of space, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is now alive and fully awake, sending these ultra-detailed images from the Moon’s Mare Nubium region. Go on and zoom in. It’s actually made of cheese. More »
