2. Shared by NASA, the image showcases a close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. 3. Shown as a crown of white flares ...

We always have it on our list to learn more about Orbiter. If you haven’t seen it, it is a hyperrealistic space simulator. Granted, you can put it in an easy mode, but its real strength is you ...

“Earthrise” begins with a quotation from William Anders, who, as a member of the first crew to circle the moon, took the ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter caught most of a dust devil plume in this 2008 image. The HiRise camera team said, "We got ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke and space shuttle astronaut Nicole Stott will have profiles of their faces land on the moon.

Lunar Orbiter 2 and Apollo 16 both imaged the Ranger 8 impact site at relatively low resolution in 1966 and 1972, respectively. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged the crash site in greater ...

All the goals for the program were achieved, and the images sent back were key to helping plan for the Apollo landings. Lunar Orbiter 1 also managed to return the first picture of Earth from the ...

during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Copernicus Crater: This image taken by NASA's Lunar Orbiter II shows the floor of the Copernicus crater ...