Planets and Moons  ID: 20140

LRO Spacecraft Animations

Animations by Chris Meaney Released on June 7, 2008
11 animations of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's (LRO) journey around the Moon.
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LRO from the Earth to the Moon
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This animation is a close-up view highlighting spacecraft instrumentation - pulling away to reveal LRO's track over the moon.
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The LRO spacecraft traverses from darkness into daylight.
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This animation tracks with LRO as it passes above a large lunar crater.
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This animation tracks with LRO as it passes above a large lunar crater.
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We get a view from inside the Lambert crater (using a topological DEM model) as LRO passes overhead.
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This animated sequence takes a view from inside a large crater as LRO passes overhead.
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This is the opening title sequence for LRO videos.
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A 720 degree spin of LRO with labels on the 6 major instruments and Mini-RF technology demonstration.
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A 720 degree spin of LRO without labels.

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

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Animation Credits

Chris Meaney (HTSI): Lead Animator
Andrew Freeberg (NASA/GSFC): Producer
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Mission:
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter)

Data Used:
LRO
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This item is part of this series:
LRO - Animations

Keywords:
SVS >> Earth
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Moon
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> LRO
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons