LRO Spacecraft Animations

  • Released Saturday, June 7th, 2008
  • Updated Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 at 12:23AM
  • ID: 20140

11 animations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) journey around the Moon.

LRO from the Earth to the Moon

This animation is a close-up view highlighting spacecraft instrumentation - pulling away to reveal LRO's track over the moon.

The LRO spacecraft traverses from darkness into daylight.

This animation tracks with LRO as it passes above a large lunar crater.

This animation tracks with LRO as it passes above a large lunar crater.

We get a view from inside the Lambert crater (using a topological DEM model) as LRO passes overhead.

This animated sequence takes a view from inside a large crater as LRO passes overhead.

This is the opening title sequence for LRO videos.

A 720 degree spin of LRO with labels on the 6 major instruments and Mini-RF technology demonstration.

A 720 degree spin of LRO without labels.

Here we follow LRO as it moves along it's orbit high above the lunar surface.

This animation follows LRO as it moves along its orbit high above the lunar surface.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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