NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) completed the exploration phase of its mission Sept. 16 and will turn its attention to helping scientists better understand the Moon. Until now, LRO had been ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon’s ...

OK, you already know that by now, but please excuse my lingering excitement days after the successful launch of NASA’s return to the Moon. I can’t help myself. It was simply amazing to witness the ...

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Earth’s gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks, according to new results from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) ...

[Click the images below to see my favorite pictures from LRO!] Advertisement Bad Astronomy Gallery (click any image to see it full size) LRO over the Moon Today, September 16, 2010, one of NASA's most ...

NASA invites people of all ages to join the lunar exploration journey with an opportunity to send their names to the moon aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or ...

NASA’S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has spied a new crater on the lunar surface — one made from the impact of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission.