As you look at the #supermoon tonight, did you know that we have a spacecraft orbiting the moon? The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission has been mapping the moon’s surface and collecting data for scientists for more than seven years. Learn more about this mission: http://www.nasa.gov/lro | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Rotating The Moon | NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [NEW] Watch Video Recap: China Chang'e-6 Science Mission to Return Far Side Moon Samples https://fb.watch/sxSySbONdw/ FriendsofNASA.org: No one, presently, sees the Moon rotate like this. This is because the Earth's moon is tidally locked to the Earth, showing us only one side. Given modern digital technology, however, combined with many detailed images returned by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a high resolution virtual Moon ro

This sequence uses Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image data to create a smooth zoom from the full Moon down to the Apollo 11 landing site where the Eagle descent stage still sits in the regolith more than fifty years later. Follow @spaceeves #Apollo11 #LRO #MoonImaging #SpaceExploration | SpaceEve