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Each successive orbit differs by a single degree of longitude, resulting in a path that allows the spacecraft to survey the entire moon every two weeks. During each orbit, LRO scans the moon's terrain using a special instrument called the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter. The data collected by the instrument not only helps scientists to create detailed elevation maps of the lunar surface, but also pinpoints LRO’s precise position in space. Watch the animation to see how LRO scans the moon. || ", "hits": 105 }, { "id": 11242, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11242/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2013-05-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Destination Moon", "description": "Achieving orbit around a celestial body is no simple feat. But on June 18, 2009, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) set out to accomplish that goal as it headed for the moon. The spacecraft was built at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, where it was outfitted with advanced instruments for studying the moon and its environment. After launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, LRO circled Earth once and then spent four days traveling through space. Once it reached the moon’s orbit, the spacecraft executed a series of burns that brought it within 31 miles of the lunar surface. At this range, from a polar orbit, LRO began collecting data used to create a 3-D map of the moon’s terrain. To this day, the spacecraft is still in operation, beaming back valuable information about Earth’s natural satellite. Check out the video to see a simulation of LRO’s journey to the moon. || ", "hits": 72 }, { "id": 10904, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10904/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-02-14T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Love's Terrain", "description": "Over centuries, the planet second closest to the sun was known by many names: Ishtar, Ouaiti, Hesperus, Aphrodite. But just as with the heart's memory one name prevails. In honor of Valentine's Day, homage is paid to the celestial sphere that personifies the mythological goddess of love and beauty—Venus. Of all the planets in our solar system Venus is nearest in size to Earth, though its dry rocky landscape is much hotter. Processed images of the surface using data collected by instruments onboard NASA's Magellan spacecraft reveal vast plains intermixed with sloping highlands and ancient volcanoes. These features are highlighted on a rotating globe of Venus in the color-coded visualization below, where high elevation terrain is shaded yellow and red with low elevation regions tinted blue and green. Black gaps represent areas of the planet uncharted during the first mapping cycle made by Magellan, which surveyed Venus over a period of four years beginning in 1990. || ", "hits": 113 }, { "id": 3866, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3866/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LOLA Footprints II", "description": "LOLA, the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, is an instrument for measuring the altitude of the Moon's terrain. As LRO orbits the Moon, LOLA bounces laser light off the lunar surface 28 times per second. An array of five sensors arranged in an X-shape detects the reflected light. The amount of time it takes the light to travel to the surface and back to the sensors tells the instrument how far away the surface is. Over time, LOLA builds up a complete elevation map of the Moon.This animation illustrates how the X-shaped LOLA sensor footprint travels over the lunar surface. The LOLA data track is taken from LRO orbit number 1155, on September 27, 2009, as the spacecraft passed over Amundsen crater near the lunar south pole. It begins with a distant view showing the entire crater, then switches to a view near the surface that chases the laser pulses over the central peak and across the floor of this large crater. Through most of the movie, the laser pulses are shown racing across the surface at actual speed, but at one point, the pace is slowed so that the viewer can see the sensor pattern of each individual laser pulse.The imagery of the ground view is a high-resolution photograph taken by the LRO narrow-angle camera at the same time this LOLA data track was being recorded. The shape of the terrain in all of the views is taken from LOLA elevation maps. All of this data is publicly available from the Planetary Data System's LRO archive.This is a new and improved version of entry #3758. || ", "hits": 81 }, { "id": 10732, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10732/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Coldest Map In The World", "description": "We've grown used to seeing landscapes from above. The terrain that early explorers once took years to cross we now conquer during a routine business flight on a weekday morning. Yet there remain places too remote and too rugged for most to reach. This is Antarctica, where ice sheets stretch across the eastern part of the continent like a frozen Great Plains, and mountains that would be at home in the Rockies crop up in nearly snow-free, dry regions. Otherwise experienced by only a small group of scientists and polar travelers, NASA, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the British Antarctic Survey, has made Antarctica accessible to all by piecing together Landsat 7 satellite images to create a mosaic that represents the first true-color, high-resolution map of the continent. Even without crampons and an ice ax, you can now explore one of the world's most brutal environments in this flyover view of Antarctica. || ", "hits": 84 }, { "id": 10755, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10755/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-04-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LAMP: Peering Into the Lunar Dark", "description": "The Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) is an instrument on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to map and study the Moon. LAMP is a spectrograph that images the ultraviolet region of the spectrum. Utilizing the faint glow of stars and other light reflected off the lunar surface, LAMP can see inside the darkest areas of the Moon to search for water ice and other valuable resources. || ", "hits": 73 }, { "id": 10733, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10733/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-03-03T16:00:00-05:00", "title": "SDO First Light Media", "description": "A compilation of some of the videos and stills used during the SDO First Light press conference.There are more video and stills available. || ", "hits": 60 }, { "id": 3793, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3793/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-10-28T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Artificial World Captures Reality", "description": "A gold standard for supercomputer models that simulate Earth is the ability to recreate real events—snowstorms, tropical cyclones, long-term climate trends. By that benchmark, this 20-day run of one of the highest-resolution climate models in the world glitters. Called GEOS-5, the model was given data leading up to Feb. 2, 2010 and then predicted the atmosphere's response until Feb. 22, 2010 without any further input. The model simulated real weather events that took place during this period—two major snowstorms that struck the East Coast and a Pacific cyclone that formed out of intense convection in the tropics. A closer look at the simulation below reveals its complexity: 3-D cloud layers, the day-night cycle of humidity appearing and disappearing over the Amazon and streaky \"cloud streets\" that trail across the Atlantic from the U.S. coastline. || ", "hits": 35 }, { "id": 3760, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3760/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-10-21T13:55:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Supports LCROSS", "description": "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) were launched together on the same Atlas V rocket on June 18, 2009. Months later, after following very different paths to the moon, LRO and LCROSS met once more. LCROSS struck the floor of Cabeus crater, near the south pole of the moon, at 11:31 UT on October 9, 2009. LRO witnessed the impact from its orbit 50 kilometers (30 miles) above the surface.The purpose of the crash was to create a plume of debris that could be examined for the presence of water and other chemicals in the lunar regolith. LRO's early reconnaissance of the moon gave LCROSS mission planners valuable data in the months before LCROSS arrived, allowing them to choose an impact site with a high probability of producing interesting findings. LRO was also there for the event itself, using its array of instruments to gather data in the aftermath of the impact.This animation shows LRO and LCROSS from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after the impact. Data gathered before the impact is represented by early results from LRO's Lunar Exploration Neutron Detector (LEND). LEND can sense hydrogen, and therefore possible water, in the lunar soil. The area of high hydrogen concentration in Cabeus (purple) is like a bullseye for LCROSS.Data gathered by LRO after the impact is represented by Diviner temperature measurements taken seconds after the crash. Diviner detected the heat from lunar soil melted and vaporized by the enormous energy of the impact. || ", "hits": 70 }, { "id": 10642, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10642/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-10-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Planetary Scientist Profile: Noah Petro", "description": "Noah Petro is a NASA planetary geologist who studies the surface of airless bodies in space, primarily focusing on the moon. 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The number of large versus small craters also varies across the surface. A census of the crater population can tell scientists the relative ages of different parts of the surface and reveal information about the make-up of the early solar system.Such a census has been compiled from the elevation data being sent back by the LOLA instrument on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. It comprises over 5000 craters larger than 20 kilometers in diameter. Some conclusions drawn from an analysis of this crater catalog by members of the LOLA team are described in the September 17, 2010 issue of the journal Science.This animation illustrates the process of systematically counting craters. Craters larger than 20 kilometers in diameter light up to show color-coded elevation. Some areas, such as the maria and the Orientale basin, are notably sparse, implying that these areas are younger. The processes that formed them erased the record of older impacts visible elsewhere on the Moon. || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 3662, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3662/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-09-16T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Counting Craters on the Moon", "description": "Craters light up in an east to west (Tranquillitatis toward Orientale) sweep around the Moon.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || crater_count.0900.jpg (1280x720) [160.5 KB] || crater_count.0900_web.png (320x180) [52.4 KB] || crater_count.0900_thm.png (80x40) [4.2 KB] || crater_count.mp4 (1280x720) [6.4 MB] || crater_count_720p.m2v (1280x720) [53.8 MB] || 1280x720_16x9_30p (1280x720) [64.0 KB] || crater_count.webmhd.webm (960x540) [6.8 MB] || crater_count_cbar_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [8.3 MB] || crater_count_512x288.m1v (512x288) [9.8 MB] || a003662_320.m1v (320x180) [4.0 MB] || ", "hits": 187 }, { "id": 3758, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3758/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-09-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LOLA Footprints", "description": "A more recent version of this animation can be found here.LOLA, the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, is an instrument for measuring the altitude of the Moon's terrain. As LRO orbits the Moon, LOLA bounces laser light off the lunar surface 28 times per second. An array of five sensors arranged in an X-shape detects the reflected light. The amount of time it takes the light to travel to the surface and back to the sensors tells the instrument how far away the surface is. Over time, LOLA builds up a complete elevation map of the Moon.This animation illustrates how the X-shaped LOLA sensor footprint travels over the lunar surface. The LOLA data track is taken from LRO orbit number 1155, on September 27, 2009, as the spacecraft passed over Amundsen crater near the lunar south pole. It begins with a distant view showing the entire crater, then switches to a view near the surface that chases the laser pulses over the central peak and across the floor of this large crater. Through most of the movie, the laser pulses are shown racing across the surface at actual speed, but at one point, the pace is slowed so that the viewer can see the sensor pattern of each individual laser pulse.The imagery of the ground view is a high-resolution photograph taken by the LRO narrow-angle camera at the same time this LOLA data track was being recorded. The shape of the terrain in all of the views is taken from LOLA elevation maps. All of this data is publicly available from the Planetary Data System's LRO archive. || ", "hits": 63 }, { "id": 10639, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10639/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Q&A with NASA Hurricane Expert", "description": "NASA's Hurricane expert Dr. Jeff Halverson explains how NASA's GRIP mission is keeping a close eye on Hurricane Earl and other storms over the Atlantic. Scientists use data collected from NASA's DC-8, Global Hawk and WB-57 aircraft to study the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Process that hurricanes undergo as they become major storms. || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 10631, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10631/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-08-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA's LRO Reveals \"Incredible Shrinking Moon\"", "description": "Newly discovered cliffs in the lunar crust indicate the moon shrank globally in the geologically recent past and might still be shrinking today, according to a team analyzing new images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. The results provide important clues to the moon's recent geologic and tectonic evolution.For complete transcript, click here. || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_ipod_lg00500_print.jpg (1024x576) [100.5 KB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_ipod_lg_web.png (320x180) [133.5 KB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_ipod_lg_thm.png (80x40) [12.1 KB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_appletv.m4v (960x540) [86.7 MB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_windows.wmv (1280x720) [63.6 MB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [111.0 MB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_prores.mov (1280x720) [2.0 GB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [28.1 MB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [30.7 MB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_portal.mov (640x360) [59.1 MB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_ipod_sm.m4v (320x240) [13.7 MB] || G2010-102_ShrinkingMoon_SVS.mpg (512x288) [18.7 MB] || ", "hits": 132 }, { "id": 10618, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10618/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-08-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Inner Solar System: Discovering Earth's Neighborhood w/ Dr. James Garvin", "description": "Chief Scientist of Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. James Garvin, takes us on a journey of Earth, the moon, and our neighboring planets. Why does space matter? Why is exploring our closest neighbors significant? Where will human venture to next? In this studio lecture, Dr. Garvin answers these questions and discusses what NASA has learned about our inner solar system. || ", "hits": 37 }, { "id": 10595, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10595/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-06-23T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Ten Cool Things Seen in the First Year of LRO", "description": "Having officially reached lunar orbit on June 23nd, 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has now marked one full year on its mission to scout the moon. Maps and datasets collected by LRO's state-of-the-art instruments will form the foundation for all future lunar exploration plans, as well as be critical to scientists working to better understand the moon and its environment. In only the first year of the mission, LRO has gathered more digital information than any previous planetary mission in history. To celebrate one year in orbit, here are ten cool things already observed by LRO. Note that the stories here are just a small sample of what the LRO team has released and barely touch on the major scientific accomplishments of the mission. If you like these, visit the official LRO web site at www.nasa.gov/LRO to find out even more! || ", "hits": 328 }, { "id": 3730, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3730/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-06-22T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Topography: ULCN versus LOLA", "description": "This animation illustrates the dramatic improvement in our knowledge of the Moon's terrain made possible by the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. A LOLA digital elevation map compiled in late 2009 is compared to the Unified Lunar Control Network (ULCN) 2005, a painstakingly constructed map based on the best available data at the time, including imagery from the Clementine, Apollo, Mariner 10, and Galileo missions as well as Earth-based observations.The height of the terrain is color-coded, with blues and greens representing low altitudes and reds representing high altitudes. The LOLA data used to create this media is available to the public in the LOLA archive of the PDS Geosciences node. || ", "hits": 169 }, { "id": 3731, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3731/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-06-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LOLA: Lunar Topography in Natural Color", "description": "This animation is a brief tour of several prominent features of the Moon's terrain: Tycho crater, the south pole, and the South Pole-Aitken basin. It is match-moved to a companion piece showing the terrain elevations in false color.This is an update of animation 3594, which was produced before the launch of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Except for the Tycho crater inset, the elevation map in this updated version is based entirely on early results of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter onboard LRO.The surface appearance is derived from photographs taken by the Clementine spacecraft. Although it shows the visible surface in natural color, this animation does not depict realistic sunlight and shadows. This is especially significant near the poles, where certain parts of the terrain can be in permanent shadow and would never be fully visible in the manner depicted here. || ", "hits": 131 }, { "id": 3728, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3728/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-06-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Magellan: Venus False-Color Terrain", "description": "This animation is a brief tour of the global terrain of the planet Venus as revealed by radar onboard the Magellan spacecraft. The height of the terrain is color-coded, with blues and greens representing low altitudes and reds representing high altitudes. Highlighted are two large \"continents,\" or highlands, Aphrodite Terra and Ishtar Terra; the Maxwell Montes mountain range; and Maat Mons, a large, currently dormant volcano.Magellan arrived at Venus in August of 1990 and spent four years there collecting data. The elevation map used here was created with data collected during the first mapping cycle. Many of the coverage gaps, represented here by black pixels, were filled in during later mapping cycles. || ", "hits": 623 }, { "id": 3727, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3727/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-06-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LOLA Lunar Topography in False Color", "description": "This animation is a brief tour of several prominent features of the Moon's terrain: Tycho crater, the south pole, and the South Pole-Aitken basin. The height of the terrain is color-coded, with blues and greens representing low altitudes and reds representing high altitudes. The view is match-moved to a companion piece showing the Moon in natural colors.This is an update of animation 3582, which was produced before the launch of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Except for the Tycho crater inset, the elevation map in this updated version is based entirely on early results of the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter onboard LRO. These results already represent a substantial improvement in our knowledge of the Moon's topography. || ", "hits": 159 }, { "id": 10563, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10563/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-06-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Supercomputing the Climate", "description": "Goddard Space Flight Center is the home of a state-of-the-art supercomputing facility called the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) that is capable of running highly complex models to help scientists better understand Earth's climate. || ", "hits": 45 }, { "id": 10568, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10568/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-06-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "NCCS Video Files", "description": "These three clips show highlights of the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) at Goddard Space Flight Center. || ", "hits": 36 }, { "id": 10599, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10599/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-04-16T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified", "description": "New research from NASA's Lunar Science Institute indicates that the solar wind may be charging certain regions at the lunar poles to hundreds of volts. In this short video Dr. Bill Farrell discusses this research and what it means for future exploration of the Moon's poles.For complete transcript, click here. || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_lg.01527_print.jpg (1024x576) [65.3 KB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_lg_web.png (320x180) [127.7 KB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [54.2 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_appletv.m4v (960x720) [127.6 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_youtube.mov (1280x720) [59.2 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [112.9 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.7 GB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [39.2 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_ipod_sm.m4v (320x180) [16.5 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_NASA_PORTAL.wmv (346x260) [31.6 MB] || G2010-051_Electric_Lunar_Craters_SVS.mpg (512x288) [33.9 MB] || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 3690, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3690/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-03-28T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Releases Data to the Planetary Data System", "description": "On March 15, 2010, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) released its first installment of scientific data to NASA's public archive for planetary data, the Planetary Data System (PDS). This animation highlights several of the datasets made available through the PDS by the LOLA, LEND, and Diviner instruments on LRO. || ", "hits": 78 }, { "id": 10586, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10586/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-03-19T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "GOES Weather with Topper Shutt", "description": "On March 4th, 2010, NASA launched GOES-P (later re-named GOES-15), the last satellite in the N-O-P series. With GOES-P now in orbit ensuring GOES weather observations for years to come, the NASA and NOAA team will turn their attention to the next generation GOES-R series, satellites that will provide images with even greater resolution and speed of data delivery. || ", "hits": 16 }, { "id": 3686, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3686/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-03-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO/LOLA Lunar South Pole Flyover", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Oribiter (LRO) was launched on June 18, 2009. Its mission is to map the moon's surface, find safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology. One of the instruments on board is the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) which measures landing site slopes, lunar surface roughness, and has begun generation of a high resolution 3D map of the Moon.This visualization uses Clementine data for the global view of the moon, but then transitions to using only LRO/LOLA DEM with a neutral gray texture when flying around the lunar south pole. The DEM by itself creates an amazingly realistic view of the lunar southpole. As better maps are created from the other instruments aboard LRO, an even clearer picture of the moon will emerge.Please note that this visualization is match-frame rendered to The Moon's South Pole in 3D via LRO/LOLA First Light Data (#3633). || ", "hits": 109 }, { "id": 10587, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10587/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-03-12T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation", "description": "This animation shows how the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) instrument on LRO works. It starts with a wide view of the LRO spacecraft with cosmic rays buzzing by around it then graduallly pushes in on the CRaTER instrument. We see a cutaway of the instrument as a cosmic ray enters the telescope and passes through layers of tissue-equivalent plastics with sensors laid in between. || CRaTER_Animation_ipodLG.00002_print.jpg (1024x576) [94.1 KB] || CRaTER_Animation_ipodLG_web.png (320x180) [135.5 KB] || CRaTER_Animation_ipodLG_thm.png (80x40) [13.6 KB] || CRaTER_Animation_YouTubeHQ.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.1 MB] || CRaTER_Animation_YouTubeHQ.mov (1280x720) [11.1 MB] || CRaTER_Animation_prores.mov (1280x720) [326.3 MB] || 1280x720_16x9_60p (1280x720) [128.0 KB] || CRaTER_Animation_ipodLG.m4v (640x360) [3.4 MB] || CRaTER_Animation__PORTAL.wmv (346x260) [3.0 MB] || CRaTER_Animation_ipodSM.m4v (320x180) [1.4 MB] || CRaTER_Animation_SVS.mpg (512x288) [2.9 MB] || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 10575, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10575/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-02-22T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "GOES-P: Mission Overview Video", "description": "GOES-P is set to launch in 2010. It will be the last in an improved series of satellites that has helped forecast the development of severe weather for 35 years. Operated by NOAA and launched by NASA, GOES-P will continue providing critical data used for real-time weather prediction on Earth as well as space weather events, and search and rescue efforts. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 20182, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20182/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2010-01-21T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "SDO Launch and Deployment", "description": "This animation follows the Solar Dynamics Observatory from its launch at pad 41A from Kennedy Space Center through deployment. || ", "hits": 9 }, { "id": 10521, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10521/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-11-05T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "The Road to Glory", "description": "Glory is a unique research satellite designed to orbit the Earth and achieve two major goals. Glory's first goal is to collect data on the properties of aerosols and black carbon in the Earth's atmosphere and climate system; its second goal is to collect data on solar irradiance for Earth's long-term climate record. This seven-minute video introduces Glory's science objectives, people, and instruments, and provides an overview of the Glory mission.For complete transcript, click here. || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288.01102_print.jpg (1024x576) [74.3 KB] || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288_web.png (180x320) [222.3 KB] || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288_thm.png (80x40) [14.2 KB] || The_Road_to_Glory_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [90.6 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [6.3 GB] || The_Road_to_Glory_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [204.8 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [235.9 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_640x480_ipod.m4v (640x360) [76.0 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_512x288.mpg (512x288) [141.3 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory_320x240.mp4 (320x180) [33.4 MB] || The_Road_to_Glory.wmv (320x180) [37.8 MB] || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 10524, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10524/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-11-04T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Glory's Suncatcher", "description": "The Sun's energy is one of the biggest forcings on Earth's climate, and for years satellites have measured total solar irradiance. Glory will continue collection of this critical climate data, which will contribute to the long-term climate record. The cutting edge TIM instrument will continue the work of NASA's SORCE mission. For complete transcript, click here. || Glorys_Suncatcher_512x288.00627_print.jpg (1024x576) [45.3 KB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_512x288_web.png (320x180) [150.8 KB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_512x288_thm.png (80x40) [15.2 KB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_960x540_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [40.2 MB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_1280x720_ProRes.mov (1280x720) [3.2 GB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_1280x720_H264.mov (1280x720) [97.7 MB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_960x540_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [107.5 MB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_640x480_ipod.m4v (640x360) [35.1 MB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_512x288.mpg (512x288) [36.1 MB] || Glorys_Suncatcher_320x240.mp4 (320x180) [14.3 MB] || Glorys_Suncatcher.wmv (320x180) [17.3 MB] || ", "hits": 13 }, { "id": 10370, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10370/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-10-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "John Mather Lecture Presentation", "description": "From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and on to the James Webb Space Telescope and the Discovery of Alien Life || ", "hits": 26 }, { "id": 3634, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3634/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-09-17T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Shackleton's Rim Through the Eyes of LRO/LROC", "description": "During the Lunar Reconnaissance Oribiter's (LRO) Commissioning Phase, the high resolution Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) on the LRO Camera (LROC) instrument captured this 0.8-meter per pixel scale (angular resolution) two-image mosaic of Shackleton Crater on the moon's south pole. Many more images of this area will be obtained by the NAC over the coming months as the lunar south pole emerges from the shadows of winter. At meter scales, the geology of this region reminds us that the polar regions of the Moon are still waiting to be explored. The rim of Shackleton crater is a prime candidate for future human exploration due to its proximity to permanently shadowed regions and nearby peaks that are illuminated for much of the year.Last year, Japan's Selene and India's Chandrayaan spacecraft gave us our first high resolution look at the lunar south pole, which includes Shackleton crater. For its size, Shackleton has an exceptionally deep and rugged interior. Usually craters fill in with time as their walls slump and material from afar is thrown in by distant impacts. Much of Shackleton's rim appears rounded and is peppered with smaller craters, indications of a relatively ancient age. Right now it is not clear if Shackleton crater is relatively old or young. This NAC image reveals a shelf on the southeast flank of the crater that is more than two kilometers across and perfectly suitable for a future landing. The extreme Sun angle exaggerates the apparent roughness, however if you look closely at this scale any area that is between small craters could be good candidates for a potential landing site. || ", "hits": 169 }, { "id": 10486, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10486/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-09-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LOLA: Defining the Lunar Terrain", "description": "The Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrument on board NASA's LRO spacecraft will be responsible for building the highest detail topography currently available of the lunar terrain. In this video David Smith, LOLA's Principal Investigator, explains how this technology works.For complete transcript, click here. || LOLAvideo_ipod.00502_print.jpg (1024x576) [28.3 KB] || LOLAvideo_ipod_web.png (320x180) [41.6 KB] || LOLAvideo_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [4.4 KB] || LOLAvideo_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [43.0 MB] || LOLAvideo_appletv.m4v (960x540) [99.2 MB] || LOLAvideo_youtube.mov (1280x720) [58.9 MB] || LOLAvideo_h264.mov (1280x720) [301.3 MB] || LOLAvideo_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.6 GB] || LOLAvideo_ipod.m4v (640x360) [45.4 MB] || LOLAvideo_ipodsm.m4v (320x180) [16.6 MB] || LOLAvideo_portal.wmv (320x236) [20.0 MB] || LOLAvideo_SVS.mpg (512x288) [35.2 MB] || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 10528, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10528/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-09-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Early Results Press Conference", "description": "NASA showcased new images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's seven instruments and provided updates about the topography of the moon's south pole during a news conference on September 17. NASA also provided an update about the spacecraft's status and mission plans. The briefing took place at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. (no transcript available) || LRO_1stResults_PressConf_ipod.00002_print.jpg (1024x576) [115.7 KB] || LRO_1stResults_PressConf_ipod_web.png (320x180) [138.1 KB] || LRO_1stResults_PressConf_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [16.1 KB] || LRO_1stResults_PC_appleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [499.4 MB] || LRO_1stResults_PC_appleTV.m4v (960x540) [1.4 GB] || LRO_1stResults_PressConf_ipod.m4v (640x360) [586.3 MB] || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 3633, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3633/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-09-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Moon's South Pole in 3D via LRO/LOLA First Light Data", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Oribiter (LRO) was launched on June 18, 2009. Its mission is to map the moon's surface, find safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology. One of the instruments on board is the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) which measures landing site slopes, lunar surface roughness, and has begun generation of a high resolution 3D map of the Moon. The animation depicted here is the beginning of LOLA's mapping project and shows the lunar south pole through digital elevation map data collected by the LOLA instrument during the spacecraft commissioning phase. During the commissioning phase, LRO was in a highly elliptical orbit coming closer to the lunar south pole than the north pole. Furthermore, since LOLA uses laser pulses to measure the surface, the accuracy of its measurements are greatly affected by the instrument's distance to the surface. This is why there is virtually no data of the lunar north pole, and much better coverage of the south pole. The topographic data shown here is currently processed to show at approximately 30 meters per pixel.The colors in this animation depict the relative heights of the lunar surface with respect to the surface mean. Warm colors (brown, red, magenta, and tan) indicate areas above the mean. Cooler colors (green, cyan, blue, and violet) are areas below the mean. || ", "hits": 190 }, { "id": 10479, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10479/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-09-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Tour of the LRO Instrument Suite", "description": "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist Rich Vondrak explains the LRO suite of instruments and how each will greatly benefit our understanding of the Moon.For complete transcript, click here. || LRO_vondrak_ipod.02402_print.jpg (1024x576) [90.1 KB] || LRO_vondrak_ipod_web.png (320x180) [177.9 KB] || LRO_vondrak_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [16.3 KB] || LRO_vondrak_ipod.webmhd.webm (960x540) [46.3 MB] || LRO_vondrak_ipod.m4v (640x360) [70.8 MB] || LRO_vondrak.wmv (320x236) [37.5 MB] || LRO_vondrak_nasacast.mp4 (320x176) [21.6 MB] || ", "hits": 24 }, { "id": 10469, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10469/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-08-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Launch - More Views", "description": "NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 18th, aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The LRO satellite will relay more information about the lunar environment than any other previous mission to the moon.This page contains several viewpoints of the LRO/LCROSS launch. The first video shows the project team at Goddard Space Flight Center and their preparations for and reaction to the launch. The remaining videos are ten different individual camera feeds of the launch captured by Kennedy Space Center.To see the full multicamera launch sequence, as well as videos from the time leading up to the launch, see entry #10443. || ", "hits": 34 }, { "id": 10475, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10475/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-08-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Moon Party", "description": "On August 1, 2009, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team invited the public to celebrate the mission's successful trip to the Moon with a free event at the GSFC Visitors Center. The \"We're Back at the Moon!\" event included a variety of activities for both kids and adults.For complete transcript, click here. || LROMoonParty_ipod.04202_print.jpg (1024x576) [95.9 KB] || LROMoonParty_ipod_web.png (320x180) [216.9 KB] || LROMoonParty_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [17.2 KB] || LROMoonParty_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [44.5 MB] || LROMoonParty_appletv.m4v (960x540) [113.2 MB] || LROMoonParty_youtube.mov (1280x720) [55.3 MB] || LROMoonParty_fullres.mov (1280x720) [114.8 MB] || LROMoonParty_ipod.m4v (640x360) [35.6 MB] || LROMoonParty_small.m4v (320x180) [15.3 MB] || LROMoonParty_portal.wmv (346x260) [28.9 MB] || LROMoonParty_svs.mpg (512x288) [29.3 MB] || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 3620, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3620/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-07-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Apollo Landing Sites, with Shadows", "description": "The six Apollo lunar landing sites are all relatively near the equator on the side of the Moon that faces the Earth. Left behind at each site is the lower half of the Lunar Module, called the descent stage. It carried most of the astronauts' supplies and served as the launchpad for their return trip to the Command and Service Module in orbit around the Moon.LROC, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, will have a number of opportunities to photograph the Apollo landing sites. Despite the excellent half-meter resolution of LROC's narrow angle cameras, the LM descent stage at each site can fill only a few pixels of these images. If photographed when the Sun is low in the lunar sky, however, the long shadow formed by the descent stage is easily discernable.This brief animation shows the locations of the Apollo landing sites, with lengthening shadows as each site approaches lunar nightfall. The lighting simulates the angle of the Sun during the second week of July, 2009, when LROC took its first images of the sites. The gold LM markers are about 20,000 times actual size. || ", "hits": 352 }, { "id": 10447, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10447/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-07-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Flyover of the First Images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera", "description": "A starkly beautiful region a few kilometers east of Hell E crater, which is located on the floor of the ancient Imbrian-aged Deslandres impact structure in the lunar highlands south of Mare Nubium. Numerous small, secondary craters can be identified, including several small crater chains. Also identifiable are distinctive lineations made readily apparent by the extreme lighting, representing ejecta from a nearby impact. The NAC image shown here has not been calibrated and the pixel values were stretched to enhance contrast. Image width is 3.5 km x 70 km; north is down. || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 10445, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10445/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-06-23T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Enters Lunar Orbit (Highlights)", "description": "After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft's lunar orbit insertion at 6:27 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 23, 2009.During transit to the moon, engineers performed a mid-course correction to get the spacecraft in the proper position to reach its lunar destination. Since the moon is always moving, the spacecraft shot for a target point ahead of the moon. When close to the moon, LRO used its rocket motor to slow down until the gravity of the moon caught the spacecraft in lunar orbit.To see the full one hour video produced live during the orbit insertion burns, visit entry #10444 || ", "hits": 22 }, { "id": 10443, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10443/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-06-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Launch Videos", "description": "The videos on this page were shot during the week of the LRO/LCROSS launch (June 15-19, 2009) at Kennedy Space Center.For more views of the LRO/LCROSS launch, including footage from inside the Missions Operations Control Room at Goddard and individual camera feeds of the launch from Kennedy, check out entry #10469. || ", "hits": 69 }, { "id": 10422, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10422/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-06-10T12:01:00-04:00", "title": "GOES-O Mission Overview Video", "description": "For more info on the GOES-O Mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/GOES-O. || ", "hits": 27 }, { "id": 3453, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3453/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-06-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Ground Track - One Sidereal Month", "description": "A satellite's ground track shows the path of its orbit on the surface of the parent body. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be placed in a nearly circular polar orbit about 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the surface of the Moon, completing each orbit in a little less than two hours. The orientation of this orbit remains fixed in space, relative to the stars, while the Moon slowly rotates beneath it as they travel together around the Earth, allowing LRO to scan the entire surface of the Moon every two weeks.The animation depicts LRO's ground track over a period of 27.3 days (348 orbits) or one sidereal month, the amount of time it takes the Moon to turn once on its axis, relative to the stars. This is two days shorter than the synodic month, the period of the Moon's phases. The difference arises from the motion of the Earth. While the Moon is orbiting the Earth, the Earth is carrying them both around the Sun, changing the Sun's direction relative to the stars.Each LRO orbit is separated from the previous one by about one degree of longitude. On the Moon's surface near the equator, this corresponds to a spacing of 30 kilometers (19 miles), but the orbits converge near the poles; at 84 degrees N or S latitude, the ground distance is only 10% of the distance at the equator. At all latitudes, later LRO orbits will fill in the gaps left by earlier ones. Orbits in the latter half of the month depicted in this animation are seen to form a cross-hatch pattern that begins to fill in the gaps left during the first half of the month.The points at which the orbits cross provide an opportunity to refine our knowledge of LRO's precise position. LOLA, the LRO instrument that maps the lunar terrain by measuring surface elevation, should get the same reading for these crossing points each time it passes over them. If it doesn't, then LRO might not really be at a crossing point, meaning that its actual position differs slightly from its predicted position.The elevation map comprises low-resolution data from a number of sources, including the Clementine and JAXA/SELENE spacecraft, combined with high-resolution insets for the regions near the poles. The surface color is derived from photographs taken by Clementine. || ", "hits": 200 }, { "id": 10438, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10438/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-05-21T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO: Mapping Our Future", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is the first mission in NASA's planned return to the moon. LRO is an unmanned mission to create the comprehensive atlas of the moon's features and resources necessary to design all future lunar exploration efforts. LRO focuses on the selection of safe landing sites, identification of lunar resources and the study of how lunar radiation will affect humans.For complete transcript, click here. || LRO_MappingOurFuture_ipod.00905_print.jpg (1024x576) [30.4 KB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_ipod_web.png (320x180) [33.3 KB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [3.6 KB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_AppleTV.webmhd.webm (960x540) [84.8 MB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_YouTube.mov (1280x720) [100.5 MB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_fullres.mov (1280x720) [192.6 MB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_AppleTV.m4v (960x540) [210.6 MB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_ipod.m4v (640x360) [67.2 MB] || GSFC_20090521_LRO_m10438_Mapping1a.en_US.srt [7.5 KB] || GSFC_20090521_LRO_m10438_Mapping1a.en_US.vtt [7.5 KB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_320x240.mp4 (320x240) [16.6 MB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_portal.wmv (346x260) [48.7 MB] || LRO_MappingOurFuture_svs.mpg (512x288) [54.2 MB] || ", "hits": 61 }, { "id": 10249, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10249/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-05-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO L-14 Press Conference Supporting Videos", "description": "LRO From Launch to OrbitThis video starts with LRO launch animation, shows the spacecraft's path to orbit, and ends with the spacecraft animated over the lunar surface. || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_ipod00702_print.jpg (1024x576) [91.7 KB] || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_ipod_web.png (320x180) [156.1 KB] || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_fullres.webmhd.webm (960x540) [11.4 MB] || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_fullres.mov (1280x720) [30.0 MB] || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_ipod.m4v (640x360) [8.8 MB] || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_svs.mpg (512x288) [7.6 MB] || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_portal.wmv (346x260) [7.1 MB] || LRO_L14_LaunchtoOrbit_50sec_fullres.mov.hwshow [218 bytes] || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 10433, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10433/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-05-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Interview: Craig Tooley, Project Manager", "description": "Craig Tooley is the Project Manager for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. The following soundbites from Tooley give information about the LRO mission's objectives and importance. || LRO_invu_Tooley_ipod.00078_print.jpg (1024x576) [70.0 KB] || LRO_invu_Tooley_ipod_web.png (320x180) [149.5 KB] || LRO_invu_Tooley_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [11.7 KB] || LRO_invu_Tooley_fullres.webmhd.webm (960x540) [51.0 MB] || LRO_invu_Tooley_fullres.mov (1280x720) [136.3 MB] || LRO_invu_Tooley_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.6 GB] || LRO_invu_Tooley_ipod.m4v (640x360) [43.8 MB] || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 3577, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3577/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-05-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Permanent Shadows on the Moon", "description": "As the Earth and Moon orbit around the Sun, there are places on the Moon that never receive direct sunlight. Most of these permanently shadowed regions are at the lunar poles. This animation approximates the permanently shadowned regions pertaining to the Moon's south pole by maintaining a maximum sun angle to the surface of 1.5 degrees. These permanently shadowed areas are of interest because they could hold water ice. (NOTE: South Pole Digital Elevation Maps [DEM] based on publically released JAXA/Selene data.) || ", "hits": 406 }, { "id": 3576, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3576/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-05-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Ground Track", "description": "A satellite's ground track shows the path of its orbit on the surface of the parent body. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be placed in a nearly circular polar orbit about 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the surface of the Moon, completing each orbit in a little less than two hours. The orientation of this orbit remains fixed in space, relative to the stars, while the Moon slowly rotates beneath it as they travel together around the Earth, allowing LRO to scan the entire surface of the Moon every two weeks.As this animation shows, the density of the ground coverage provided by a polar orbit is greatest at the poles. For the Moon, this is also where a great deal of current interest lies, since permanently shadowed areas at the poles may harbor water ice. This is also where some high-altitude areas are in gentle but perennial sunlight, providing the lighting and power supply for extended human exploration.The animation depicts LRO's ground track over a period of seven days (89 orbits). The elevation map comprises low-resolution data from a number of sources, including the Clementine and JAXA/SELENE spacecraft, combined with high-resolution insets for the regions near the poles. The surface color is derived from photographs taken by Clementine. || ", "hits": 112 }, { "id": 3612, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3612/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-05-08T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Orbit Insertion", "description": "This visualization shows an example of how the orbit insertion for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) might look. LRO launches from Cape Canaveral, then flies around the Earth and on to the moon. Time speeds up during the journey to the moon, then slows again as LRO approaches the moon. LRO begins orbiting the moon and, through a series of several \"burns\", moves in closer to its desired orbit. LRO's initial orbit plane around the moon is parallel to the direction of the moon's travel.This visualization was created before launch using simulated ephemeris data. The ephemeris data driving this visualization was based on a simulated nighttime launch on 11/24/2008; but, the actual launch may happen during the daytime.A stereoscopic version of this visualization can be found HERE. For more information on the coodinate systems in the animation see HERE. || ", "hits": 121 }, { "id": 10432, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10432/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-05-05T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Apollo Mission Lunar Surface Footage", "description": "All Apollo footage is part of the media collection at Johnson Space Center in Houston. To obtain more historical footage from manned spaceflight missions, contact JSC's Media Resource Center at (281) 483-4231. || ", "hits": 1189 }, { "id": 10429, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10429/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-04-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Interview: John Keller, Deputy Project Scientist", "description": "John Keller is the Deputy Project Scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. The following soundbites from Keller give information about the LRO mission's objectives and importance. || LRO_invu_Keller_ipod.00352_print.jpg (1024x576) [85.5 KB] || LRO_invu_Keller_ipod_web.png (320x180) [186.1 KB] || LRO_invu_Keller_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [16.0 KB] || LRO_invu_Keller_fullres.webmhd.webm (960x540) [53.1 MB] || LRO_invu_Keller_fullres.mov (1280x720) [146.6 MB] || LRO_invu_Keller_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.7 GB] || LRO_invu_Keller_ipod.m4v (640x360) [43.5 MB] || LRO_invu_Keller_svs.mpg (512x288) [35.1 MB] || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 10430, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10430/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-04-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Interview: Cathy Peddie, Deputy Project Manager", "description": "For more from Cathy Peddie, see entry #10257: Return with LRO. || ", "hits": 23 }, { "id": 3582, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3582/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-04-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Topography in False Color", "description": "An updated version of this animation is available here.This animation is a brief tour of several prominent features of the Moon's terrain: Tycho crater, the south pole, and the South Pole-Aitken basin. The height of the terrain is color-coded, with blues and greens representing low altitudes and reds representing high altitudes. The view is match-moved to a companion piece showing the Moon in natural colors.The elevation map comprises low-resolution data from a number of sources, including the Clementine and JAXA/SELENE spacecraft, combined with high-resolution insets for Tycho and the region near the south pole. One of the goals of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission is the creation of a high-resolution elevation map of the entire surface of the Moon. || ", "hits": 68 }, { "id": 3594, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3594/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-04-17T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Topography in Natural Color", "description": "An updated version of this animation is available here.This animation is a brief tour of several prominent features of the Moon's terrain: Tycho crater, the south pole, and the South Pole-Aitken basin. It is match-moved to a companion piece showing the terrain elevations in false color.The surface appearance is derived from photographs taken by the Clementine spacecraft. Although it shows the visible surface in natural color, this animation does not depict realistic sunlight and shadows. This is especially significant near the poles, where certain parts of the terrain can be in permanent shadow and would never be fully visible in the manner depicted here. || ", "hits": 99 }, { "id": 10416, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10416/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-04-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Guided Tour of LIMA Flyover", "description": "In 2007, more than 1,100 Landsat 7 images were used to create the first ever, high-resolution, true color map of Antarctica. The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a virtually cloud-free, 3-D view of Antarctica's frozen landscape produced by NASA, working with the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey and the British Antarctic Survey.Visualizers stitched together Landsat 7 satellite imagery acquired in 1999 and 2001 with a digital elevation model and field data measurements. || ", "hits": 276 }, { "id": 10421, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10421/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-04-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "SOHO/TRACE Intro", "description": "On April 3, 2009, countries from around the world participated in the '100 Hours of Astronomy' webcast to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. This movie was used to introduce the SOHO/TRACE segment. Alex Young and Dawn Meyers, NASA scientists, describe how both SOHO and TRACE view the sun in their own unique way. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 10417, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10417/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-04-03T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Yuri's Night 2009", "description": "Highlights of the Yuri's Night celebration held at Goddard Space Flight Center on April 4, 2009. The night was filled with energy and pulsing beats as hundreds at Goddard Space Flight Center joined millions around the globe to celebrate Yuri's Night - a world space party celebrating man's achievements in space. || ", "hits": 21 }, { "id": 10405, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10405/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-03-26T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Moon - Resources for Finding High-Res Stills", "description": "Many resources exist to offer NASA's images for public access. To aid in finding some of these resources, this page gives an example image, description, and link to a few of the best.Producers interested in getting more of the film footage or stills from the Apollo missions may also contact Media Services at Johnson Space Center by calling (281) 483-4231. || ", "hits": 477 }, { "id": 3587, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3587/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-03-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites - Stereoscopic Version", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is NASA's scouting mission to prepare for a return to the moon. One of its primary objectives will be to assess the lunar terrain for areas that would provide safe landing sites for future missions, both manned and unmanned, that plan to touch down on the moon's surface. This video helps explain how LRO will accomplish its objective.This visualization is a modified 3D stereo version of animation entry:#10349: LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites.The raw stereoscopic visualization sequence used to create this narrated animation can be viewed and downloaded from entry: #3567: How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon - Stereoscopic Version. || ", "hits": 58 }, { "id": 10378, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10378/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-03-24T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Interview: Rich Vondrak, Project Scientist", "description": "Rich Vondrak is the Project Scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. The following soundbites from Vondrak give information about the LRO mission's objectives and importance. || Vondrak_01_intro_640x360.04097_print.jpg (1024x576) [58.3 KB] || Vondrak_01_intro_640x360_web.png (320x180) [170.3 KB] || Vondrak_01_intro_640x360_thm.png (80x40) [16.3 KB] || LRO_invu_Vondrak_fullres.webmhd.webm (960x540) [47.8 MB] || LRO_invu_Vondrak_fullres.mov (1280x720) [142.0 MB] || LRO_invu_Vondrak_prores.mov (1280x720) [3.6 GB] || LRO_invu_Vondrak_ipod.m4v (640x360) [42.6 MB] || LRO_invu_Vondrak_svs.mpg (512x288) [34.1 MB] || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 10408, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10408/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-03-23T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO - Assembly and Testing Stills (High Res)", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission will conduct investigations preparing for and supporting future human exploration of the moon. The LRO spacecraft will spend at least one year in a low, polar orbit, with all its six instruments working simultaneously to collect detailed information about the lunar environment. The following stills were taken during the building, integrating, and testing of the spacecraft. You can find more images of LRO and its components at LRO's web site: http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 10410, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10410/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-03-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Ships Out from Goddard Space Flight Center", "description": "On February 11, 2009, after months of assembly and testing by engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft was cased up and loaded on a truck bound for Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for launch. || LRO_shipsout_ipod.03452_print.jpg (1024x576) [106.4 KB] || LRO_shipsout_ipod_web.png (320x180) [208.3 KB] || LRO_shipsout_ipod_thm.png (80x40) [17.3 KB] || LRO_shipsout_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [49.9 MB] || LRO_shipsout_appletv.m4v (960x540) [133.9 MB] || LRO_shipsout_fullres.mov (1280x720) [138.9 MB] || LRO_shipsout_ipod.m4v (640x360) [40.7 MB] || LRO_shipsout_nasacast.mp4 (320x240) [10.2 MB] || LRO_shipsout_svs.mpg (512x288) [34.4 MB] || LRO_ShipsOut.wmv (320x236) [13.1 MB] || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 10401, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10401/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Earth Observing Landsat 5 Turns 25 Years Old", "description": "Still observing the Earth after 25 years—22 beyond its three-year primary mission lifetime—Landsat 5 collects valuable scientific data daily. Some attribute the satellite's longevity to over-engineering. Others say it's a long run of good luck. Whatever the reason, no one who attended the satellite's March 1984 launch could have expected it would still be working today.For complete transcript, click here. || Landsat5_turns_25_ipodLG.00202_print.jpg (1024x576) [73.2 KB] || Landsat5_turns_25_ipodLG_web.png (320x180) [149.4 KB] || Landsat5_turns_25_ipodLG_thm.png (80x40) [13.9 KB] || Landsat5_turns_25_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [51.8 MB] || Landsat5_turns_25_appletv.m4v (960x540) [87.6 MB] || Landsat5_turns_25_YouTube.mov (1280x720) [56.6 MB] || Landsat5_turns_25_fullresH264.mov (1280x720) [119.3 MB] || Landsat5_turns_25_ipodLG.m4v (640x360) [42.3 MB] || Landsat5_turns_25_svsSM.mpg (512x288) [32.8 MB] || Landsat5_turns_25_ipodSM.m4v (320x180) [16.4 MB] || Landsat5_turns_25_NASAcast.mp4 (320x236) [30.9 MB] || GSFC_20090227_Landsat5turns25.wmv (346x260) [30.5 MB] || ", "hits": 72 }, { "id": 10381, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10381/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-02-27T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "25 Years of Landsat 5: 1984 Las Vegas Urban Expansion", "description": "This mosaic of images shows the dramatic growth of the Las Vegas urban area during the 25 years that Landsat 5 has been collecting data. || Las_Vegas_1984_2009_1600_1200.jpg (1600x1200) [912.2 KB] || Las_Vegas_1984_2009_560_420.jpg (560x420) [341.7 KB] || Las_Vegas_1984_2009_1600_1200_web.png (320x240) [354.0 KB] || Las_Vegas_1984_2009_1600_1200_thm.png (80x40) [32.0 KB] || Las_Vegas_1984_2009_1600_1200_searchweb.png (320x180) [144.5 KB] || Las_Vegas_1984_2009_1600_1200.tif (1600x1200) [5.5 MB] || ", "hits": 50 }, { "id": 10254, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10254/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-02-20T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "LRO - The Next Step", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission will conduct investigations preparing for and supporting future human exploration of the Moon. || ", "hits": 83 }, { "id": 3567, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3567/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-01-27T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon - Stereoscopic Version", "description": "The first attempt to land humans on the moon - Apollo 11 - was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin saw that their ship's computer was taking them directly into a crater the size of a football field, strewn with SUV-sized boulders. They quickly took control from the computer, flew over the crater and touched down in a smoother area beyond, cutting the engine with just 30 seconds of fuel left. In general, good landing sites need to be level and free from large boulders that could damage or tip the spacecraft as it attempts to land. And it's up to the Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission to make those landings as safe as possible. Astronauts will want to avoid places with steep slopes that could tip the spacecraft, so LRO includes a laser ranging system that will build an elevation map to show the contours of the polar surface. The instrument, called the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA ), records the time it takes for a laser pulse to travel from the spacecraft to the lunar surface and back to calculate the height of the lunar terrain. After a year in orbit aboard LRO, LOLA will have created an elevation map of the polar regions that is accurate to within a half-meter (20 inches) vertically and 50 meters (about 160 feet) horizontally. LRO will also use data from another instrument that measures temperatures to double-check the safe zone map. Temperatures change more rapidly in areas with loose materials (lots of rocks). By analyzing how quickly temperatures change in potential landing zones, planners using the instrument, named Diviner, can rule out areas that appear smooth but actually are likely to be rocky. LRO also carries a pair of eagle-eyed cameras, called the Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) which together can take images that reveal details as small as a half-meter (almost 20 inches) over swaths 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) wide. As LRO orbits over the poles, the moon rotates beneath the spacecraft, and the NACs will gradually build up a detailed picture of the region. It will be used to identify safe landing zones free of large boulders and craters, allowing astronauts to avoid surprises like Apollo 11. LRO is being assembled and managed by NASA Goddard, and is scheduled to be launched in early 2009. NASA plans to have astronauts back on the moon by 2020. As astronauts close in on a new landing site late in the next decade, they can thank NASA Goddard's small robot scout for showing the safest approach. This visualization is a modified stereoscopic version of: #3533: How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon The modifications applied in the production of the stereoscopic visualization include: extension of the time range of the animation, color adjustments, scale bar and text overlay treatment.The crater depicted in this visualization is ficticious and only intended for illustrative purposes. The visualization begins with the reveal of a digital elevation map showing sample lunar topography illustrating the kind of data that LRO's LOLA instrument will collect. From this topographic data level surface areas can be derived as the first step to determining safe landing sites. Next, an example temperature map of the lunar surface is revealed to show the sort of data Diviner will collect. Changes in surface temperature will help determine small rock hazards, since they retain and release heat at a different rate than the surrounding regolith. Large rock hazards can be found with LROC's surface imagery. Finally, removing rock hazard areas from level surface areas reveals potential safe landing sites for future lunar missions.In this page the visualization content is offered in various modes to accomodate different types of stereoscopic viewing, such as: Left and Right Eye separate, and Left and Right Eye side-by-side combined on the same frame. || ", "hits": 76 }, { "id": 10367, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10367/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-01-16T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Launchfest: On the Goddard Mall", "description": "On September 13, 2008, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center opened its gates to the public for Launchfest, a free open house celebrating a large number of upcoming launches.(no transcript, audio is music-only) || LaunchfestWebShort_ipodLG.03220_print.jpg (1024x576) [106.5 KB] || LaunchfestWebShort_ipodLG_web.png (320x180) [241.5 KB] || LaunchfestWebShort_ipodLG_thm.png (80x40) [17.5 KB] || LaunchfestWebShort_YouTube.webmhd.webm (960x540) [29.0 MB] || LaunchfestWebShort_YouTube.mov (1280x720) [35.4 MB] || LaunchfestWebShort_1280.mov (1280x720) [73.7 MB] || LaunchfestWebShort_ipodLG.m4v (640x360) [24.3 MB] || LaunchfestWebShort_LG.mpg (640x360) [27.6 MB] || LaunchfestWebShort_ipodSM.m4v (320x180) [10.7 MB] || LaunchfestWebShort_SM.mpg (512x288) [18.5 MB] || ", "hits": 11 }, { "id": 3574, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3574/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-01-15T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Methane Plume on Mars", "description": "The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates the planet is alive in the sense that it still has geologic activity powered by heat from its interior, according to a team of NASA and university scientists. The team used spectrometer instruments attached to several telescopes to detect plumes of methane that were emitted from specific sites during the warmer seasons - spring and summer. Though nothing conclusive can yet be determined, it is possible that the detected methane was either produced by geologic processes such as the oxidation of iron (serpentinization) or by microscopic Martian life below the planet's surface. The methane released today could be produced currently, or it could be ancient methane trapped in ice 'cages' called clathrates or as gas below a sub-surface ice layer. || ", "hits": 55 }, { "id": 3537, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3537/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Flyover of Western Antarctica", "description": "The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a data product funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The LIMA data shown here uses the pan-chromatic band and has a resolution of 15 meters per pixel. The 13 swaths used to generate this sample mosaic where acquired between December 25, 1999 and December 31, 2001. The elevation data shown has no vertical exaggeration (1x) and is courtesy of the Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP) Digital Elevation Model (DEM). || ", "hits": 65 }, { "id": 3538, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3538/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-10-31T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica Flyover of Pine Island Glacier", "description": "The Pine Island Glacier is the largest discharger of ice in Antarctica and the continent's fastest moving glacier. This area of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is also believed to be the most susceptible to collapse. The evolution of this glacier is therefore of great interest to the scientific community. It is an area of Antarctica which is experiencing rapid changes. The grounding line of Pine Island Glacier is retreating, the glacier is thinning rapidly, and its ice flow is accelerating. Additionally, the sea ice cover in front of the glacier has been decreasing steadily for several decades. The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a data product funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The LIMA data shown here uses the pan-chromatic band and has a resolution of 15 meters per pixel. The 13 swaths used to generate this sample mosaic where acquired between December 25, 1999 and December 31, 2001. The elevation data shown has no vertical exaggeration (1x) and is courtesy of the Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP) Digital Elevation Model (DEM). || ", "hits": 44 }, { "id": 3480, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3480/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-09-30T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Lunar Prospector Hydrogen Concentration - South Pole", "description": "In 1998 NASA's Lunar Prospector mission used the presence of hydrogen as a sign of potential ice deposits. As you can see in this video, Prospector data showed significantly more hydrogen at the south pole of the moon (areas colored blue). Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will build on this data and narrow down the regions that may contain water ice deposits. || ", "hits": 77 }, { "id": 10349, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10349/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-09-03T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites (Narrated)", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is NASA's scouting mission to prepare for a return to the moon. One of its primary objectives will be to assess the lunar terrain for areas that would provide safe landing sites for future missions, both manned and unmanned, that plan to touch down on the moon's surface. This video helps explain how LRO will accomplish its objective.The raw animation sequences used to create this video feature as well as high resolution stills from the video can be viewed and downloaded from How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon (#3533). || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 3533, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3533/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-09-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon (No Narration)", "description": "The first attempt to land humans on the moon - Apollo 11 - was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin saw that their ship's computer was taking them directly into a crater the size of a football field, strewn with SUV-sized boulders. They quickly took control from the computer, flew over the crater and touched down in a smoother area beyond, cutting the engine with just 30 seconds of fuel left. In general, good landing sites need to be level and free from large boulders that could damage or tip the spacecraft as it attempts to land. And it's up to LRO to make those landings as safe as possible. Astronauts will want to avoid places with steep slopes that could tip the spacecraft, so LRO includes a laser ranging system that will build an elevation map to show the contours of the polar surface. The instrument, called the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA), records the time it takes for a laser pulse to travel from the spacecraft to the lunar surface and back to calculate the height of the lunar terrain. After a year in orbit aboard LRO, LOLA will have created an elevation map of the polar regions that is accurate to within a half-meter (20 inches) vertically and 50 meters (about 160 feet) horizontally. LRO will also use data from another instrument that measures temperatures to double-check the safe zone map. Temperatures change more rapidly in areas with loose materials (lots of rocks). By analyzing how quickly temperatures change in potential landing zones, planners using the instrument, named Diviner, can rule out areas that appear smooth but actually are likely to be rocky. LRO also carries a pair of eagle-eyed cameras, called the Narrow Angle Cameras (NACs) which together can take images that reveal details as small as a half-meter (almost 20 inches) over swaths 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) wide. As LRO orbits over the poles, the moon rotates beneath the spacecraft, and the NACs will gradually build up a detailed picture of the region. It will be used to identify safe landing zones free of large boulders and craters, allowing astronauts to avoid surprises like Apollo 11. LRO is scheduled to launch in 2009.For a 3D stereo version of this visualization, please visit animation #3567: How LRO Will Find Safe Landing Sites on the Moon - Stereoscopic versionFor a feature version of this visualization with narration and music, please visit Goddard Multimedia #10349: LRO Scouts for Safe Landing Sites || ", "hits": 215 }, { "id": 10334, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10334/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-08-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO/LCROSS Launch, Deploy, and Mission Animation", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter or LRO will give scientists more information about the structure of the Moon's interior; the types of rock found there, events that shaped it, and the conditions that exist at the surface. LRO will spend one year in a polar orbit collecting this information. LRO's instrument suite will provide the highest resolution and the most comprehensive data set and the most detailed maps ever returned from the moon. It will carry an additional payload called LCROSS. The identification of water is very important to the future of human activities on the Moon. LCROSS will excavate the permanently dark floor of one of the Moon's polar craters with two heavy impactors to test the theory that ancient ice lies buried there. The impact will eject material from the crater's surface to create a plume that specialized instruments will be able to analyze for the presence of water (ice and vapor), hydrocarbons and hydrated material. || ", "hits": 46 }, { "id": 10269, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10269/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-07-24T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO - Animation Stills (High Resolution)", "description": "Custom stills for print, suitable for framing. || LRO7-Apollo-PRINT1 || LRO7-Apollo-PRINT1-notag.jpg (2340x2364) [1.9 MB] || LRO7-Apollo-PRINT1-notag_web.png (320x323) [498.7 KB] || LRO7-Apollo-PRINT1-notag.tif (2340x2364) [15.9 MB] || ", "hits": 54 }, { "id": 20140, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20140/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2008-06-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Spacecraft Animations", "description": "11 animations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) journey around the Moon. || ", "hits": 53 }, { "id": 3446, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3446/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-04-21T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Chesapeake Bay Flyover", "description": "The Chesapeake Bay, an area of approximately 200 miles, is North America's largest estuary. The Bay and its tributaries comprises a complex ecosystem which encompasses rivers, wetlands, trees and habitats. This animation takes us on a tour around the Bay starting from its 'mouth' near Norfolk, Virginia, flying north up to the Susquehanna River and then flying down the area of the Eastern Shore all the way to the Fishermans Island, zooming out to get a look of the Chesapeake bay region. The imagery utilized for this animation is a false-color Chesapeake Bay Landsat-7 Mosaic (#3473) composed of eight scenes acquired between 1999-2002, which were put together and color corrected to resemble natural looking colors.The mosaic was created by EarthSat under contract with NASA as part of the GeoCover 2000 product. All images used in GeoCover were acquired by Landsat 7 during the period of 1999-2002. The pixel size of the full resolution image represents 14.25 m on the ground. The Chesapeake Bay mosaic uses portions of eight Landsat-7 scenes. Below you will find a listing of the eight Landsat 7 images that were put together to create the composite image. Landsat scenes are organized by a Path and Row number according to the Worldwide Reference System. (To learn more about Landsat's Worldwide Reference System, please visit: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html)Scenes used in the Chesapeake Bay mosaic:Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 32 acquired on Oct. 05, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 32 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 33 acquired on October 05, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 33 acquired on July 10, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 34 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 34 acquired on July 10, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 || ", "hits": 20 }, { "id": 3472, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3472/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-04-21T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Chesapeake Bay Flyover and Watershed Region", "description": "The watershed that drains into the Chesapeake Bay is a huge expanse that extends 64,000 miles into six states across North America (New York, Pensylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia) and the District of Columbia. This visualization overlays the full watershed onto a Landsat satellite visualization of the Bay area. The eight different distinctly colored regions indicate the Chesapeake's major subwatersheds. These subwatershed regions are: Susquehanna, Potomac, Patuxent, MD West Shore, Rapahhannock, Eastern Shore, James and York. This visualization is an extension of the Chesapeake Bay Flyover (#3446) in order to demonstrate the entire Chesapeake Bay Watershed region. The imagery utilized for this animation is a false-color Chesapeake Bay Landsat-7 Mosaic (#3473) composed of eight scenes acquired between 1999-2002, which were put together and color corrected to resemble natural looking colors.Data Notes:The mosaic was created by EarthSat under contract with NASA as part of the GeoCover 2000 product. All images used in GeoCover were acquired by Landsat-7 during the period of 1999-2002. The pixel size of the full resolution image represents 14.25 m on the ground. The Chesapeake Bay mosaic uses portions of eight Landsat-7 scenes. Below you will find a listing of the eight Landsat 7 images that were put together to create the composite image. Landsat scenes are organized by a Path and Row number according to the Worldwide Reference System. (To learn more about Landsat's Worldwide Reference System, please visit: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html)Scenes used in the Chesapeake Bay mosaic: Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 32 acquired on Oct. 05, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 32 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 33 acquired on October 05, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 33 acquired on July 10, 2001Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 34 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 34 acquired on July 10, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 || ", "hits": 42 }, { "id": 3473, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3473/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-04-21T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Chesapeake Bay Landsat-7 Mosaic", "description": "The Chesapeake Bay Landsat-7 Mosaic is a composite of eight Landsat-7 scenes acquired during the period of 1999-2002, where each pixel represents about 15 square meters on the ground. The original data set was a false-color Landsat-7 (ETM+) image using bands 7,4,2 and the panchromatic band (8). Color correction has been applied to resemble natural looking colors.This page offers the full color-corrected data set for download and lets you look around at it using the online viewer. You can navigate the online image by using the zoom and pan controls at the bottom center of the image and use the inset red box at the upper left corner as a reference.This imagery data has been utilized to create the following animations:#3446: Chesapeake Bay Flyover#3472: Chesapeake Bay Flyover and Watershed Region #3477: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Region (short version) Data Notes:The mosaic was created by EarthSat under contract with NASA as part of the GeoCover 2000 product. All images used in GeoCover were acquired by Landsat-7 during the period of 1999-2002. The pixel size of the full resolution image represents 14.25 m on the ground. The Chesapeake Bay mosaic uses portions of eight Landsat-7 scenes. Below you will find a listing of the eight Landsat 7 images that were put together to create the composite image. Landsat scenes are organized by a Path and Row number according to the Worldwide Reference System. (To learn more about Landsat's Worldwide Reference System, please visit: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html)Scenes used in the Chesapeake Bay mosaic: Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 32 acquired on Oct. 05, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 32 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 33 acquired on October 05, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 33 acquired on July 10, 2001Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 34 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 34 acquired on July 10, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 3477, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3477/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-04-21T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Chesapeake Bay Watershed Region (short version)", "description": "The watershed that drains into the Chesapeake Bay is a huge expanse that extends 64,000 miles into five states across North America (New York, Pensylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia) and the District of Columbia. This visualization overlays the full watershed onto a Landsat satellite visualization of the Bay area. The eight different distinctly colored regions indicate the Chesapeake's major subwatersheds. These subwatershed regions are: Susquehanna, Potomac, Patuxent, MD West Shore, Rapahhannock, Eastern Shore, James and York. This visualization contains just the last part of the Chesapeake Bay Flyover and Watershed Region (#3472) animation and demonstrates the entire Watershed without the Chesapeake Bay flyover. This animation highlights and labels each subwatershed in turn. Data Notes:The mosaic was created by EarthSat under contract with NASA as part of the GeoCover 2000 product. All images used in GeoCover were acquired by Landsat-7 during the period of 1999-2002. The pixel size of the full resolution image represents 14.25 m on the ground. The Chesapeake Bay mosaic uses portions of eight Landsat-7 scenes. Below you will find a listing of the eight Landsat 7 images that were put together to create the composite image. Landsat scenes are organized by a Path and Row number according to the Worldwide Reference System. (To learn more about Landsat's Worldwide Reference System, please visit: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html)Scenes used in the Chesapeake Bay mosaic: Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 32 acquired on Oct. 05, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 32 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 33 acquired on October 05, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 33 acquired on July 10, 2001Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 34 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 34 acquired on July 10, 2001 Landsat-7 WRS Path 15-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat-7 WRS Path 14-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 || ", "hits": 54 }, { "id": 3493, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3493/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-04-21T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Chesapeake Bay Cities", "description": "This animation takes us on a tour around the Chesapeake Bay region visiting major city centers in the surrounding states: Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia. The imagery utilized for this animation is a false-color Chesapeake Bay Landsat-7 Mosaic (#3473) composed of eight scenes acquired between 1999-2002, which were put together and color corrected to resemble natural looking colors.The mosaic was created by EarthSat under contract with NASA as part of the GeoCover 2000 product. All images used in GeoCover were acquired by Landsat 7 during the period of 1999-2002. The pixel size of the full resolution image represents 14.25 m on the ground. The Chesapeake Bay mosaic uses portions of eight Landsat-7 scenes. Below you will find a listing of the eight Landsat 7 images that were put together to create the composite image. Landsat scenes are organized by a Path and Row number according to the Worldwide Reference System. (To learn more about Landsat's Worldwide Reference System, please visit: http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/wrs.html)Scenes used in the Chesapeake Bay mosaic: Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 32 acquired on Oct. 05, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 32 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 33 acquired on October 05, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 33 acquired on July 10, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 34 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 34 acquired on July 10, 2001 Landsat 7 WRS Path 15-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 30, 1999 Landsat 7 WRS Path 14-Row 35 acquired on Sept. 23, 1999 || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 10207, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10207/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-04-20T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery", "description": "From the distant reaches of the Universe, to black holes, and the Martian surface, NASA explores some of the most far out parts of space. But NASA also does research much closer to home. In fact, NASA Earth Science satellites are taking part in the management and recovery of an ecosystem right in our backyard, the Chesapeake Bay. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 3509, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3509/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-04-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Las Vegas Growth from Landsat", "description": "This sequence of images from the earliest Landsat satellite to the present captures the dramatic growth of Las Vegas, Nevada. From 1973 to 2006, the population of Las Vegas grew from 358,000 to over 2 million. || ", "hits": 38 }, { "id": 10201, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10201/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-04-14T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Instrument Integrations", "description": "The LRO payload, comprised of six instruments and one technology demonstration, will provide key data sets to enable a human return to the moon. Though built at a variety of partner institutions, all of LRO's instruments were integrated onto the spacecraft at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. || ", "hits": 72 }, { "id": 10197, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10197/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-04-09T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Return to Venus", "description": "From Galileo and the heliocentric model of the solar system to James Hansen's research on the greenhouse effect, observations of the planet Venus throughout history have given us the perspective we need to understand our own place in the universe. Yet with nearly two decades since the last U.S. mission there, our sister planet has received little attention in recent years. 'Return to Venus' provides a look back at the history of Venus exploration, how human perceptions of the planet have changed through time, and inspires us to think about what secrets we have yet to reveal from our inhospitable and enigmatic neighbor. || ", "hits": 28 }, { "id": 10188, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10188/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-03-02T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "NASA's SDO Mission", "description": "A new NASA spacecraft called the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) will deliver startling images of the sun with ten times more detail than HDTV. The goal of the mission is to help scientists zoom in on solar activity such as sunspots, solar flares and coronal mass ejections, thus improving forcasts of solar storms. The complete script is available. For more information on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, check out their web site at http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov. || ", "hits": 49 }, { "id": 10190, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10190/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-02-26T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "SDO: Command Accepted!", "description": "Music Video - NASA's Solar Dyamics Observatory (SDO) will help scientists to better understand solar variability and aid in predictions of space weather. The new Ka band antennas at the White Sands Testing Facility in New Mexico will be the go-between the satellite and the SDO Mission Operations Contol Center. || ", "hits": 18 }, { "id": 10184, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10184/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2008-01-30T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Urban Growth in Las Vegas", "description": "In May 1973, less than a year after the first of NASA's Landsat satellites was launched, Las Vegas, Nevada had a population of only 358,000. By 2006 the population had ballooned to over 2 million. Still one of America's fastest growing urban areas, this series of Landsat scenes from four different years shows just how dramamtic the growth of Las Vegas has been. || ", "hits": 40 }, { "id": 20100, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20100/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2007-02-27T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Antarctic Sub-glacial Lakes", "description": "The following animation helps to explain the dynamics of subglacial water exchange and what it looks like from space. Starting from an artist's concept of the Antarctic surface we move down to a cross section of the ice sheet with lakes hidden deep beneath. As pressure is exerted on one lake, the water in it is forced to an adjacent lake. This water movement results in elevation changes at the surface over both lakes, detectable by NASA satellites. The camera then moves to a 'top-down' view of a system of these hidden lakes and streams before dissolving into observed satellite data. || ", "hits": 171 } ] }