Jul 1, 2025 · NASA's LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) is paving the way for human and robotic exploration of the Moon.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. [6][7] Data collected by LRO have been described as essential for …

Sep 19, 2025 · In operation since 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) is a system of three cameras mounted on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) that capture high resolution …

May 5, 2023 · The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is an uncrewed spacecraft currently orbiting and studying the moon. We explore the lunar orbiter in more detail here.

Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a U.S. spacecraft that mapped the surface of the Moon in order to help select ideal sites for uncrewed and eventually crewed lunar landers.

Jul 1, 2025 · The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) launched to the Moon with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) in 2009.

Nov 13, 2025 · A New Freckle on the Face of the Moon The LROC team discovered a new crater that formed since LRO entered orbit, identifiable in the above image by its bright ejecta rays. Image: …

Nov 6, 2023 · The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is an orbiting spacecraft that has studied the Moon in unprecedented detail since 2009, including the ways in which its surface has been altered in …

Jul 2, 2025 · LRO looks for water using its Lunar Explorer Neutron Detector (LEND) instrument, which detects the presence of hydrogen atoms by counting neutrons released from the Moon’s soils.

What is LRO? In June of 2009, NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a robotic spacecraft, now orbiting the Moon at an altitude of 50-200 km. LRO's primary objective is to make fundamental …