Lunar Surface Data. Robotic and human exploration of the Moon, particularly during the Apollo era, provided our first views of an alien planetary surface. The insights gleaned were often as …

Aug 8, 2012 · The resulting LU78287GT catalogue of 78,287 craters is currently the most complete catalogue of Lunar impact craters. This catalogue is globally complete up to â ¼Dâ …

Dec 22, 2020 · Here, a new lunar crater database for the mid- and low-latitude regions of the Moon is derived and distributed to the planetary community together with the related data …

This paper presents a new, global database of lunar impact craters, estimated to be a complete census of all craters with diameters larger than 1-2 km. The database contains over 2 million …

4 days ago · A global crater catalog LU1319373 that includes approximately 1.32 million lunar craters with diameters ≥ 1 km. The crater catalog also include 3D morphometric data on the …

Crater Data: Global database, plus D ≳ 0.5 km craters identified on 30 m/px Kaguya TC mosaics. Terrain: Maria for smaller, 0.5 ≤ D ≲ 5 km craters. Large crater rims for larger, 1 ≲ D ≤ 50 km …

integrates information concerning the locations and ages of craters, as well as various measured and calculated physical characteristics (such as crater dimensions or ejecta blanket thickness).

Feb 1, 2025 · We release a new global catalog of impact craters on the Moon containing about 5 million craters. Such catalog was derived using a deep learning model, which is based on …

Jul 1, 2015 · Detected lunar impact craters with diameters more than 500 m using Chang'E-1 data in a hybrid method. Compiled a global catalog of 106016 impact craters with comprehensive …

We are compiling a new database of lunar impact craters utilizing Clementine, Kaguya, Lunar Pros-pector, and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data. All lunar nearside, farside, and polar …

In an effort to reconcile the two models and take ad-vantage of modern datasets, I have begun to use the new lunar crater database for a new examination of lunar SFDs to propose an updated …

This paper presents a new, global database of lunar impact craters, estimated to be a complete census of all craters with diameters larger than 1–2 km. The database contains over 2 million …

crater database for the Moon. Database includes all craters and will include properties for those craters with diameters D ≥ 1 km; many craters D < 1 km will be in-cluded to ensure population …

3 days ago · This study used the annotated lunar crater data to understand the Moon’s geological history, surface evolution, and impact processes. Extensive efforts leveraging datasets from …

11 hours ago · Interest in the Moon has steadily been growing over the last 15 or 20 years, especially with the potential for water (in the form of ice) to exist in permanently shadowed …

16 hours ago · The image reveals what lies in the shadowed region thanks to data collected by a NASA-built camera called ShadowCam, mounted to South Korea’s first lunar orbiter, named …

Feb 24, 2025 · Packed with instruments and rovers, the soon-to-launch IM-2 mission will explore the lunar south pole and attempt something never done before—to enter a shadowed moon …

To wit, I have developed a global lunar crater data-base with the goal of a complete census of all impact craters as small as 1 km in diameter.

High-resolution Volatiles and Minerals Moon Mapper (HVM 3): The shortwave infrared imaging spectrometer will detect and map the form, abundance, and locations of water on the lunar …

The formation systems of 18,996 newly detected craters larger than 8 km are estimated. Here, a new lunar crater database for the mid- and low-latitude regions of the Moon is derived and …

Feb 25, 2025 · The company's Lunar Surface Communications System will use its 4G/LTE network to connect Athena with two other vehicles on the mission, allowing for data transfer …

Feb 27, 2025 · The lunar lander hitched a ride to orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which took off at 7:16 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Athena, on a mission dubbed IM-2, will later aim to make a …

Feb 4, 2025 · The authors analyzed the canyons using images and elevation data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. Those measurements indicate the canyons are 20 …

6 days ago · But beginning in the mid-1990s, spacecraft found evidence of ice in the eternal shadows of craters in the moon’s polar regions. In 2009, NASA slammed a rocket stage into …

3 days ago · Texas company pulls off first fully successful commercial moon landing 02:24. Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" lander dropped out of lunar orbit and swooped to a rocket-powered …