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NASA Begins Mapping Moon's South Pole Saturday, September 19, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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During the LRO Commissioning Phase, the high-resolution Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) captured this 1-m pixel scale (angular resolution) two-image mosaic of the lunar south pole, which is located on the rim of the 19-km diameter Shackleton crater. At meter scales features such as boulders and ridges can be mapped, paving the way for future explorers. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed its testing and calibration phase. (source: nasa.gov)
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