Posts Tagged LRO

You Have Not Known Love, Like Moon Love

Posted by mistergroonk in Flickrlicious, Holiday, Photography, Space on February 14, 2011

Thanks to Nathaniel Burton-Bradford for finding this.

A heart-shaped crater in the Galilae region on the Moon. Credit: ASA/GSFC/Arizona State University; 3-D by Nathanial Burton-Bradford.

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LRO Finds Lunar Landing Sites. Says Apollo Astronauts, “That’s Where We Used to Live”

Posted by mistergroonk in Science, Space on August 12, 2009

While we were busy figuring out our database woes, the 40 year anniversary of the NASA moon landing was heating up. Timing was not our friend. During this time the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) took a gander at the moon, found the landing sites, and took pictures. They last longer.

Apollo landing sites

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