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English: This image shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012. Very precise microwave measurements between two spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were used to map gravity with high precision and high spatial ...
M 3 is an imaging spectrometer that provided the first high-resolution spatial and spectral map of the entire lunar surface, revealing the minerals of which it is made. This information will both provide clues to the early development of the Solar System and guide future astronauts to stores of precious resources.
Based on high-resolution photographs taken by the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft, and photos and data taken by the uncrewed Surveyor landers, this list was narrowed down to five sites located near the lunar equator. They ranged between 45 degrees east and west, and 5 degrees north and south of the center of the Moon's facing side.
Data gathered by Chang'e 1 was used to create an accurate and high resolution 3-D map of the lunar surface. [9] Chang'e 1 was the first lunar probe to conduct passive, multi-channel, microwave remote sensing of the Moon by using a microwave radiometer. [10] Its sister orbital probe Chang'e 2 was launched on 1 October 2010. [11]
There are two scientific instruments on the Lunar Trailblazer satellite, totaling 20 kg. The High Resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM 3) will gather and map shortwave infrared spectral data of the lunar surface. Simultaneously, Lunar Thermal Mapper (LTM) will acquire midwave infrared data. [3]
Eight high-resolution images of Copernicus by Lunar Orbiter 5: V-150, V-151, V-152, V-153, V-154, V-155, V-156, V-157; Dark Wisps in Copernicus - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter pages with images; High resolution video by Seán Doran of an overflight of Copernicus, based on LRO data (see album for more) Copernicus crater from Apollo 17
The crater(to the right) area in a Selenochromatic format Image (Si) High-resolution view from Lunar Orbiter 5. Moltke is a lunar impact crater near the southern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It is a small, bowl-shaped crater surrounded by a bright halo of higher-albedo material. Just to the south lies the rille system named Rimae Hypatia ...
High resolution lunar overflight video by Seán Doran, based on LRO data, that passes near Tsiolkovskiy about two thirds of the way through (see album for more); a longer version is on YouTube; The crater is also seen shortly after the 1:00 minute mark in this NASA video commemorating Apollo 13