Uploads from ridingwithrobots, tagged moon

Plato at the Sea of Rains

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:23:02 -0800

The Kaguya lunar orbiter sends this new view of Plato, a 110-kilometer-wide crater filled with lava at the northern edge of Mare Imbrium, the “Sea of Rains.” This is a still frame from an HDTV video.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna | Credit: JAXA/NHK

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org Jan 29, 2009

Moon Shots

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:14:06 -0800

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

Two of the three missions now active at Earth’s moon have recently released new images. Above is a still frame from the latest HDTV video from Kaguya, showing Tsiolkovskiy basin on the far side.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna | Credit: JAXA/NHK

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org Jan 8, 2009.

More Moon Maps

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:20:20 -0800

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

India’s Chandrayaan lunar orbiter is carrying an instrument provided by NASA that will map the minerals on the Moon in high resolution. According to the team behind the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3), scientists will use this information to answer questions about the Moon’s origin and development, and the evolution of terrestrial planets in the early solar system. Future astronauts will use it to locate resources, possibly including water, that can support exploration of the Moon and beyond.

In this triptych, a landscape in the Orientale Basin region of the Moon is seen in natural sunlight (left), processed data showing mineralogical differences (center), and thermal emissions that show fine details in topology (right).

Sent by: Chandrayaan-1 | From: Luna | Sent: November, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/Brown

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org Dec 18, 2008.

Mapping the Moon

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:08:52 -0800

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

This new map shows topographic features on the far side of the moon in unprecedented detail. It was made from new data obtained by the laser altimeter instrument onboard the Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya. The map is accurate to a vertical resolution of about 12 meters, according to mission scientists. The map was released at the American Geophysical Union meeting now underway, where a raft of new findings have been announced.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna | Credit: JAXA/Selene

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org Dec 17, 2008.

The Good Earth

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:45:49 -0700

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

This is a still frame from a video sent by the Kaguya lunar orbiter in April. Today, the Japanese space agency launched a new video web site that houses video from Kaguya and other missions.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna | Credit: JAXA/Selene

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org August 1, 2008.

There's a Lovely Earth Out Tonight

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:16:22 -0700

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

Japan's lunar orbiter Kaguya regularly sends back HDTV video of the moon's surface, and occasionally the home planet too. This composite includes the crescent Earth. In a true shot, the Earth would appear smaller, and the phase would be different.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna | Credit: JAXA/NHK

Dione Eclipse

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:03:09 -0800

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

A closeup of Saturn's ice moon Dione, captured earlier today by the robotic spacecraft Cassini. See many others: www.ridingwithrobots.org/2011/12/the-saturn-system-in-mot...

Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

Strike a Pose

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:26:39 -0700

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

Doing its best to get on the cover of a sci-fi novel, Saturn’s icy moon Dione poses in front of the rings and the giant moon Titan. Only this is no novel; this is a nearly-raw snapshot fresh from the robotic spacecraft Cassini, taken on Saturday.

In the next few days, professionals and talented amateurs alike will process this frame and others taken the same day to create color views and animations of these moons in motion.

Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Released: September, 2011 | Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute | Image source | Added to Riding with Robots on the High Frontier on September 20, 2011 | See also the Riding with Robots pool

Sphere of Ice

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:45:32 -0800

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

Saturn’s moon Mimas, as seen last week by Cassini. This little world is about 400 kilometers across and is made almost entirely of water ice. The innermost of Saturn’s major moons, it zips all the way around the giant planet in just a matter of hours.

Sent by: Cassini | From: Saturn | Sent: Nov, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/SSI

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org Dec 2, 2008.

On the Way Down

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:28:37 -0800

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

These shots were taken Friday by the Moon Impact Probe just before it intentionally slammed into the lunar surface near the south pole. The MIP rode to the moon on board the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft that recently arrived in lunar orbit. These images are largely unprocessed, and no further details are available yet.

Sent by: Chandrayaan-1 | From: Luna | Sent: Nov, 2008 | Credit: ISRO

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org Nov 14, 2008.

Earthrise

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:47:45 -0700

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

Home, as seen recently by the Kaguya lunar orbiter.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna | Credit: JAXA/NHK

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org Oct 12, 2008.

3D Tycho

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:22:24 -0700

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

If you look at the south side of the full moon you'll see a crater with very bright rays called Tycho. This is a view of Tycho's central peak from the Kaguya lunar orbiter. It's viewable in 3D with red-blue glasses.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna | Credit: JAXA/Selene

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org August 22, 2008.

A Familiar Dance

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:42:56 -0700

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

The moon transits the Earth in a view taken recently by the Epoxi spacecraft from 31 million miles away in deep space.

Sent by: Epoxi (formerly Deep Impact) | From: interplanetary space | Released: July 17, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/Sigma Space Corp/GSFC

Added to www.ridingwithrobots.org July 21, 2008.

Lay of the Land

nobody@flickr.com (ridingwithrobots) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:12:22 -0800

ridingwithrobots posted a photo:

The Kaguya lunar orbiter has begun using its laser altimeter to create the most accurate topographic maps ever of the moon.

Sent by: Kaguya | From: Luna (Earth’s moon) | Released: Jan. 10, 2008 | Credit: JAXA/Selene

Posted to ridingwithrobots.org on Jan. 10, 2008