They needed pictures that could resolve surface features ... what would essentially be a flying high-resolution camera. Lunar Orbiter 1. Source: NASA, public domain The winning proposal for ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter, also known as the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter ...

Two gigantic canyons on the moon — both deeper than the Grand Canyon — were carved in less than 10 minutes by floods of rocks ...

This video answers that question. The imagery was created using Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data. Video courtesy of Nasa Goddard Follow BI Video: On Facebook For more Science videos: Subscribe to ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of two gigantic basins on the lunar surface. Named Vallis Schrödinger and Vallis Planck, these measure 168 miles (270 km) long and 1.7 ...

New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons on the far side.

It turned out to be Korea's lunar orbiter, Danuri. On Friday and Saturday, the LRO sent back several pictures showing Danuri zipping by, stark against the cratered surface of the moon. The LRO has ...

Intuitive Machines' cargo lander, Odysseus, returned its first images from the moon's surface over the weekend, as the spacecraft settles in to its lunar destination. The company's historic IM-1 ...

Scientists used photos and data from Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to map the area and calculate the path of debris.

The latest configuration of Boeing's Lunar Orbiter, seen from above, shows the directional antenna (top) and omnidirectional antenna (lower right) extended. Four solar panels are deployed ...

Research reveals that an asteroid collision billions of years ago created a pair of grand canyons on the far side of the moon. U.S. and British scientists utilized photos and data from NASA’s Lunar ...