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More information and media are available at\nLRO Camera Images (search for south pole)\nLRO Diviner temperature measurements\nLyman-Alpha Map\n", "hits": 1670 }, { "id": 10779, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10779/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-07-18T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mapping the Moon with WALL-E", "description": "Many students have the misconception that NASA only sends astronauts to space, when in reality, NASA has over 60 science missions currently taking place in addition to the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. This module will introduce students to a few of the newest NASA missions. It also features NASA's efforts to Return to the Moon with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater and Observation Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). During the grade 5-8 module, we will also introduce students to the concepts behind satellite data collection with a hands-on demonstration of the LIDAR instrument on LRO.For information on standards and educator's guide, click here || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 3808, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3808/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-12-17T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "LOLA Stills for AGU 2010", "description": "These high resolution still images illustrate the global elevation map of the Moon being developed by the laser altimeter (LOLA) on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. To date, LOLA has measured the elevation of over two billion points on the surface of the Moon. These measurements make it possible to render shaded relief maps of the Moon with unprecedented accuracy and detail. See also this comparison of LOLA with past maps.The waning gibbous Moon is rendered from three points of view. For each view, a natural color image is paired with a false color version in which low elevations are blue to green and high elevations are yellow to red. The terrain is in highest relief near the terminator, or shadow line, where the Sun is setting on a month-long lunar day. Amateur astronomers pay particular attention to features near the terminator, since the high relief brings out details that are normally washed out in the glare of reflected sunlight. || ", "hits": 232 }, { "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": 72 }, { "id": 3785, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3785/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2010-10-21T13:55:00-04:00", "title": "LAMP Observes the LCROSS Impact", "description": "A two-ton Atlas Centaur rocket body, part of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), struck the floor of Cabeus crater, near the south pole of the moon, at 11:31 UT on October 9, 2009. 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.The Lyman-Alpha Mapping Project (LAMP) instrument aboard Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) observed the tenuous vapor cloud created by the LCROSS impact. LAMP is LRO's \"night vision.\" Most of the time, it uses the ultraviolet light in starlight to peer into deep shadows on the moon's surface. For the LCROSS impact, LAMP was pointed just above the lunar horizon to watch for the arrival of a rapidly expanding cloud of vaporized debris from the crash.In this animation, the viewer looks down the LAMP boresight and through its narrow window. The LAMP sensor lights up as the leading edge of the expanding vapor cloud passes through its field of view. What's shown here is actually the difference between the data recorded after the LCROSS impact and that recorded on LRO's previous orbit. See this entry for more about the process of subtracting the background to enhance the LAMP signal. || ", "hits": 65 }, { "id": 10683, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10683/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-10-21T13:55:00-04:00", "title": "LAMP Observes the LCROSS Impact - WIth Overlays", "description": "This video shows LAMP's view of the LCROSS plume. The line in the center of the screen is the LAMP viewport scanning across the horizon, passing through the plume, and moving on. || lamp_lcross_youtube_hq.14_print.jpg (1280x720) [89.6 KB] || lamp_lcross_ipod_lg_web.png (320x180) [163.3 KB] || lamp_lcross_ipod_lg_thm.png (80x40) [11.9 KB] || lamp_lcross_appletv.m4v (960x540) [13.1 MB] || lamp_lcross_prores.mov (1280x720) [194.7 MB] || lamp_lcross_wmv.wmv (1280x720) [11.5 MB] || lamp_lcross_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [16.7 MB] || lamp_lcross_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [3.9 MB] || lamp_lcross_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [5.7 MB] || lamp_lcross_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [8.6 MB] || lamp_lcross_nasacast.mp4 (320x240) [2.4 MB] || lamp_lcross_svs.mpg (512x288) [4.3 MB] || ", "hits": 29 }, { "id": 10684, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10684/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-10-21T13:55:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Supports LCROSS - Quicktime and Windows Media versions", "description": "This video shows how the LEND instrument was used to help locate an ideal impact site for the LCROSS spacecraft. It also shows the DIVINER instrument taking measurements after the LCROSS impact. || lro_over_lcross_ipod_lg.00252_print.jpg (1024x576) [129.9 KB] || lro_over_lcross_ipod_lg_web.png (320x180) [241.8 KB] || lro_over_lcross_ipod_lg_thm.png (80x40) [14.5 KB] || lro_over_lcross_appletv.m4v (960x540) [17.3 MB] || lro_over_lcross_prores.mov (1280x720) [251.4 MB] || lro_over_lcross_wmv.wmv (1280x720) [16.3 MB] || lro_over_lcross_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [18.5 MB] || lro_over_lcross_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [6.5 MB] || lro_over_lcross_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [5.5 MB] || lro_over_lcross_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [13.5 MB] || lro_over_lcross_nasacast.mp4 (320x240) [2.7 MB] || lro_over_lcross_svs.mpg (512x288) [4.1 MB] || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 10685, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10685/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-10-21T13:55:00-04:00", "title": "LCROSS Plume Model with LAMP viewport", "description": "The movie shows the simulated evolution of the vapor cloud of molecular hydrogen from the impact of LCROSS into the southern polar region of the Moon. The movie is displayed in the frame of reference of the LAMP instrument, with its field of view shown by the vertical red line at [0,0]. The LCROSS impact site moves to the left as time goes on in this reference frame. It shows how the timing of the signal LAMP detects is a combination of the expansion of the cloud and the motion of LRO past the impact site. It also shows how the signal observed by LAMP is from only a small portion of the entire cloud, emphasizing the need to use modeling to relate the observations to the overall release. || ", "hits": 71 }, { "id": 10686, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10686/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-10-21T13:55:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Observes the LCROSS Impact", "description": "NASA scientists have revealed the lunar soil inside shadowy craters is rich in useful materials, that the moon is chemically active, and that it also has a water cycle. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, by observing the impact of the LCROSS spacecraft, helped contribute to these new findings. || ", "hits": 90 }, { "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": 614 }, { "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": 373 }, { "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": 415 }, { "id": 10573, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10573/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-06-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "RETURN TO THE MOON", "description": "NASA's home for spherical films on Magic Planet. Download the Magic Planet-ready movie file here.The silvery disc of inspiration for countless philosophers and lovers also happens to be one of the great destinations in the annals of exploration. Earth's moon shines like a beacon, beckoning scientists and the simply curious. But it's been a long time since anyone has visited, and even the most basic signals from unmanned probes have been few and far between. Unfold your maps. With the advent of the NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), humanity makes a return to the moon like a herald announcing a new age. To commemorate the mission and champion the value of future planned lunar expeditions, the Space Agency created a new short film called RETURN TO THE MOON. Designed expressly for the Science On a Sphere platform, a striking spherical projection system now playing in theaters around the world, RETURN TO THE MOON shows off our silver sibling like a jewel of the night. Starting with a brief historical look back at the legacy of human achievement in lunar exploration, the movie presses audiences to take stock in their own relationship to the moon. Then it takes them on a journey. Travelling along with the LRO spacecraft, viewers will discover some of the essential scientific subjects that scientists plan to study. They'll follow LRO as it makes orbits around the moon, gathering data about the surface and what may lie beneath. And then, in a dramatic demonstration of a daring part of the mission, moviegoers will witness the inventive and powerful moment when NASA engineers intentionally crash a research probe into the surface of the moon to dig beneath the top layer. The space agency calls that impact probe LCROSS, and as both a research tool and a cinematic experience, it promises to deliver something exciting. RETURN TO THE MOON was produced by the media team at the Goddard Space Flight Center. One of NASA's premiere media teams, this group not only delivers state of the art data visualizations of ongoing research, but also helped write the book on spherical filmmaking. At its time of release, RETURN TO THE MOON was the third fully produced spherical movie from Goddard, and an exciting departure in terms of how these kind of products fuse dramatic presentational style with robust science. || ", "hits": 69 }, { "id": 3654, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3654/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-10-09T13:35:00-04:00", "title": "Modeling the LCROSS Impact Site", "description": "A two-ton Atlas Centaur rocket body, part of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), struck the floor of Cabeus crater, near the south pole of the moon, at 11:31 UT on October 9, 2009. 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. The effects of the impact were captured by sensors onboard a shepherding satellite travelling four minutes behind the Centaur. They were also watched by Earth-based observatories and several Earth-orbiting satellites, including the Hubble Space Telescope.The images here were created in the weeks prior to the impact. They visualize the viewing angle, terrain, and shadows around the target crater at the time of the impact. Astronomers in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Hawaii used them as visual reference while guiding their telescopes. LCROSS project scientists also used these and similar images to evaluate a number of potential impact locations.Using the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's DE421 ephemeris and early terrain data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's laser altimeter, the artist was able to accurately depict the sunlight direction, shadows, moon orientation, terrain, and field of view for several representative observing locations on the Earth. || ", "hits": 143 }, { "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": 41 }, { "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": 137 }, { "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": 15 }, { "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": 114 } ] }