{"id":5266,"date":"2013-11-12T18:32:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5266"},"modified":"2013-11-12T18:32:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T18:32:11","slug":"lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-images-of-apollo-spacecraft-sites-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5266","title":{"rendered":"Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images of Apollo &#038; spacecraft sites on the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lroc.sese.asu.edu\/index.html\" target=\"_d\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera<\/a>\u00a0(LROC) site now offers images taken from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/LRO\/main\/index.html#.UoJxK3CTjja\" target=\"_d\">LRO<\/a>\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0\u00a0of the sites on the Moon where an Apollo visit took place or where an unmanned spacecraft touched the surface:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/featured-sites.lroc.asu.edu\/\" target=\"_d\">LROC Featured Sites<\/a>\u00a0(link via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/behind-the-black\/points-of-information\/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-inaugurates-a-new-website-of-its-images-of-the-landing-or-impact-sites-of-every-human-vehicle-to-arrive-or-crash-on-the-moon\" target=\"_d\">Behind The Black<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>See a map of the sites with the interactive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wms.lroc.asu.edu\/lroc_browse\/view\/lander_locations\" target=\"_d\">LROC Image Browser &#8211; lander_locations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/lroc-coordinates-of-robotic-spacecraft-2013-update\/#.UoJwIXCTjjY\" target=\"_d\">LROC Coordinates of Robotic Spacecraft 2013 Update &#8211; NASA &#8211; Sept.25.13<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter-looks-at-apollo-12-surveyor-3-landing-sites\/#.UoJw0XCTjjY\" target=\"_d\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Looks at Apollo 12, Surveyor 3 Landing Sites &#8211; NASA &#8211; July.9.13<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/m175502049re_luna17_0.png?itok=XhriXWvr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"LRO image of Luna 17\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/673xvariable_height\/public\/m175502049re_luna17_0.png?itok=XhriXWvr\" width=\"471\" height=\"485\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Luna 17, the Soviet Union spacecraft that carried the Lunokhod 1 rover<br \/>\nto the surface. You can make out the rover tracks around the lander.<br \/>\nLROC NAC image M175502049RE<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Image Credit: \u00a0NASA\/GSFC\/Arizona State University<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera\u00a0(LROC) site now offers images taken from the LRO\u00a0spacecraft\u00a0\u00a0of the sites on the Moon where an Apollo visit took place or where an unmanned spacecraft touched the surface:\u00a0LROC Featured Sites\u00a0(link via\u00a0Behind The Black). See a map of the sites with the interactive\u00a0LROC Image Browser &#8211; lander_locations. See also LROC Coordinates of Robotic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5266\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images of Apollo &#038; spacecraft sites on the Moon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,36,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-multiple-media","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1mW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8371,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8371","url_meta":{"origin":5266,"position":0},"title":"Video: A new look at the Apollo 11 landing site from the LRO","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter\u00a0has produced new imagery of the Apollo 11 landing site: http:\/\/youtu.be\/xUcYQ7slmRw From the caption: Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20th, 1969, a little after\u00a04:00\u00a0in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time. 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