To celebrate its fifth anniversary, the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter mission presents "Moon As Art," a collection of images
created using LRO data. NASA presents the top five images to the public, to
decide which will be the cover of the "Moon As Art" collection. Voting is open
May 23 to June 6.
Image Credit:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) will celebrate five years in orbit
June 18. To celebrate the anniversary and LRO's many scientific contributions,
NASA invites the public to select a favorite orbiter image of the moon for the
cover a special image collection.
"'The Moon as Art' collection gives the public the opportunity to see the
moon as others have seen it for centuries – as an inspirational muse – but this
time from the perspective of being in orbit with a series of 'eyes' that see in
different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum," said Brooke Hsu, science
education specialist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute/Universities Space
Research Association in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The public can vote on the final cover image from five possible candidates
selected because of their beauty and/or scientific value by orbiter mission team
members. The winning cover image will be announced June 18 with the release of
the full Moon as Art collection of 24 images.
Voting begins Friday and will close June 6. The public can vote at:
The finalist images are titled:
-- Starry Night
-- Linne Crater
--
Clerke Crater
-- Diviner North Pole
-- Tycho Central Peak
LRO launched from Florida on June 18, 2009. After a four-day journey, the
orbiter successfully entered lunar orbit June 23. In the five years since, LRO
has brought the world astounding views of the lunar surface and a plethora of
exciting science data.
"LRO has been a remarkable mission with discoveries that have given us
insight into solar system history and the inner workings of the moon," said John
Keller, LRO project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Maryland. "After five years, LRO continues to make ground breaking
discoveries."
LRO is managed by Goddard for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA
Headquarters in Washington.
For more information on LRO, visit:
NASA
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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