Images from Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter



Source:  NASA-LRO


Excerpt: NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) team released ... the final set of data from the mission's exploration phase.... The spacecraft's seven instruments delivered more than 192 terabytes of data with an unprecedented level of detail ...a global map with a resolution of 100 meters per pixel. It would take approximately 41,000 typical DVDs to hold the new LRO data set.  ...Armchair astronauts can zoom in to full resolution with any of the mosaics.... All of the final records from the exploration phase, which lasted from Sept. 15, 2009 through Sept. 15, 2010, are available through several of the Planetary Data System nodes and the LROC website. pds.nasa.gov  and www.nasa.gov/lro  

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