Sep
09
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured its sharpest images of the Apollo 12, 14, and 17 landing sites which goes into so much detail that it even shows the tracks of the astronauts and the infamous “Moon Buggies”. The images point out the different scientific instruments left there by the Apollo astronauts. …
Sep
08
UPDATE: NASA’s Grail mission has been pushed to Saturday at 8:29am EDT. The launch of two Moon probes this morning from Cape Canaveral Air Station was scrubbed this morning due to upper-level winds. NASA’s Grail twin probes were scheduled to lift off aboard an unmanned Delta II rocket this morning at 8:37am EDT however NASA …
Aug
11
According to Universe Today, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will be moving from its usual orbit to an orbit about 20km above the Moon so that it can take closer and clearer pictures of the Apollo landing sites. The spacecraft will then snap pictures between August 14th and …