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NASA's LROC Captures ispace RESILIENCE Landing Site Ahead of June 2025 Lunar Touchdown
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged Mare Frigoris, the planned landing site for ispace’s RESILIENCE lander. Set for a June 2025 touchdown, the mission marks a key step in commercial lunar exploration and highlights the scientific value of this ancient volcanic region near the Moon’s north.
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Survives Meteoroid Impact
"The meteoroid was travelling much faster than a speeding bullet," said Mark Robinson, Professor and Principal investigator of LROC at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration.
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NASA's Moon Orbiter Camera Survived Meteoroid Hit
The camera system aboard NASA's Moon orbiting spacecraft survived a hit by a tiny meteoroid in 2014 which was travelling much faster than a speeding bullet, the US space agency said today.
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NASA photos reveal fate of flags left on the moon
Four decades after America's last landing on the Moon, new images from NASA's camera have shown that all flags except one planted during Apollo missions are still standing and waving despite the harsh lunar climate. All six flags except the one planted by Neil Armstrong during the first ever Moon landing are still standing, according to an analysis...
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NASA's LROC Captures ispace RESILIENCE Landing Site Ahead of June 2025 Lunar Touchdown
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged Mare Frigoris, the planned landing site for ispace’s RESILIENCE lander. Set for a June 2025 touchdown, the mission marks a key step in commercial lunar exploration and highlights the scientific value of this ancient volcanic region near the Moon’s north.
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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Survives Meteoroid Impact
"The meteoroid was travelling much faster than a speeding bullet," said Mark Robinson, Professor and Principal investigator of LROC at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration.
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NASA's Moon Orbiter Camera Survived Meteoroid Hit
The camera system aboard NASA's Moon orbiting spacecraft survived a hit by a tiny meteoroid in 2014 which was travelling much faster than a speeding bullet, the US space agency said today.
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NASA photos reveal fate of flags left on the moon
Four decades after America's last landing on the Moon, new images from NASA's camera have shown that all flags except one planted during Apollo missions are still standing and waving despite the harsh lunar climate. All six flags except the one planted by Neil Armstrong during the first ever Moon landing are still standing, according to an analysis...
