This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2020, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the moon's...

Learn more about the new images from Noah Petro, Research Scientist and member of the LRO Project Science team!



NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo...

This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2022, as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit...

This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2018, as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the moon's orbit...

This 4K visualization shows the moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2017, as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the moon's...

This video showcases the Apollo 12 landing site, visualized in three dimensions using photography and a stereo digital elevation model from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. The locations of the flag shadow,...

This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2022, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit...

This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2018, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the moon's orbit...

This 4K visualization shows the moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2017, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the moon's...

Data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was used to create this visualization of the Rima Prinz channel and Vera volcanic depression on the Moon. This video was narrated by NASA Goddard planetary geologist Debra...

A dramatic and information-packed account of the program to put a man on the Moon by the end of 1969.

This visualization of Lee Lincoln scarp is created from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographs and elevation mapping. The scarp is a low ridge or step about 80 meters high and running north-south through the western...

Thanks to data provided by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission, we are able to visualize the Apollo 16 landing site in the Descartes highlands on the nearside of the Moon, where the astronauts landed in April 1972. The...

The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon to this day. Early in Apollo 13's...

Learn more about the Apollo program in this interview with NASA astrophysicist Dr. Michelle Thaller and Senior Editor for Astronomy and Space Exploration at Encyclopaedia Britannica Erik Gregersen.

Preparing to explore the surface of the Moon goes well beyond designing and building safe spacecraft and spacesuits. NASA also has to ensure the surface vehicles and suits have the mobility required to do...

Take a virtual tour of the Moon in all-new 4K resolution, thanks to data provided by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. As the visualization moves around the near side, far side, north and south poles, we highlight...

NASA's LROC has been imaging the surface of the Moon since 2009. What has it discovered about the Moon's craters?

A groundbreaking ISRO study reveals strong evidence of water ice hidden beneath the Moon’s polar craters. Using Chandrayaan mission data, scientists found sub-surface ice levels up to eight times higher than surface deposits — a major...

The Artemis Moon mission is in trouble. SpaceX is now falling behind schedule on the Starship lunar lander, forcing NASA to take drastic action. The agency just launched an open call, inviting rivals like Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin...

NASA’s ambitious moon mission is encountering significant hurdles, including delays, doubts, and looming deadlines. These challenges threaten to push back timelines and raise questions about the future of lunar exploration.

Kelly Hennig, Chief Operating Officer, Stoke Space Jaret Matthews, Founder and CEO, Astrolab Moderator: Jason Del Rey, Fortune

Flight controllers at start-up iSpace lose contact with spacecraft moments before planned touchdown.

Chad Anderson managing partner at Space Capital joined Cheddar News to discuss the Artemis I launch. "I mean we're using really old technology. We're using space shuttle-era technology. So these rocket engines, for example, were in...