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This video is an updated animation of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, mission. On...
NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a small portion of the rim of Erlanger crater. Much of its floor remains in...
This view from NASA's Dawn mission shows where ice has been detected in the northern wall of Ceres' Juling Crater,...
At the poles of Ceres, scientists have found craters that are permanently in shadow (indicated by blue markings)....
Silent animations of the VIPER rover for use by the media and others. About the size of a golf cart, the Volatiles...
As you watch the Moon over the course of a month, you'll notice that different features are illuminated by the Sun...
On October 9, 2019, at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, LCROSS project manager Daniel...
This view shows Mercury's north polar region, colored by the maximum biannual surface temperature, which ranges from...
This image captures the day-night boundary, or terminator, in the north polar region of Ceres. The north pole...
This view from NASA MESSENGER spacecraft is an orthographic projection of Mercury south polar region, colored by an...
Dan Andrews, Project Manager LCROSS and Craig Tooley, Project Manager LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) in front of...
NASA is sending a mobile robot to the south pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and...
Animations for media and public use. These animation sequences show NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat deploying in...
AS16-116-18671 (23 April 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, works at the "Shadow Rock",...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – One of three solar panels is seen during closeout of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians remove red-tag items from the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians begin placing the protective...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians place the protective bag...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite,...