From craters to ancient lava plains and traces of past missions, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captures the Moon in breathtaking 4K detail.

A new paper reveals that ground acceleration from moonquakes, rather than meteor impacts, was responsible for shifting lunar ...

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter won't be in view during impact time, but may have a follow-up plan. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander on the moon was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: Space.com | ...

More NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has imaged the crash site of Resilience, a moon lander built and operated by the Tokyo-based company ispace. Resilience tried to touch down on June 5 ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been studying the moon up close since 2009. It has also imaged other active spacecraft on the lunar surface, such as China's Yutu 2 rover, and even other ...

Among the dozens of spacecraft that have visited the moon, none can come close to the tenure of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which recently marked a decade studying our sibling world. The ...

“An exciting implication of our study is that seismic shaking, caused by moonquakes generated by movement on young faults like the Lee-Lincoln fault, probably result in landslides and boulder falls ...

"On June 10, 2011, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter angled its orbit 65° to the west, allowing the spacecraft's cameras to capture a dramatic sunrise view of the moon's Tycho crater," NASA ...

News: NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite are set to lift off together aboard an Atlas V rocket on Thursday, June 18, at 5:12 p.m. EDT.