by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) launched in June 2009 and has been providing great looks at the moon ever since.
Among the probe's seven instruments is the LRO Camera (LROC), which snaps high-resolution black-and-white imagery of the lunar surface.
On March 3, as LRO flew over Shackleton Crater near the moon's south pole, LROC captured a photo with part of the Malapert Massif area in view.
Malapert is one of the potential landing sites for NASA's crewed Artemis 3 mission, which in 2025 or thereabouts will put astronauts down on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.
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Among the probe's seven instruments is the LRO Camera (LROC), which snaps high-resolution black-and-white imagery of the lunar surface.
On March 3, as LRO flew over Shackleton Crater near the moon's south pole, LROC captured a photo with part of the Malapert Massif area in view.
Malapert is one of the potential landing sites for NASA's crewed Artemis 3 mission, which in 2025 or thereabouts will put astronauts down on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.
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