Recent NASA clip. Moon tour in 4K

The tour on the film begins atNASAthe south pole of our artificial satellite. Interestingly, Continue numerous from another perspective shown are craters and interesting places on the Moon. You can even take a look at the landing sites of the Apollo missions – The lander and the nearby lunar rover can be seen. All this in unprecedented resolution.

The animation was created from to sent images Earth by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter probe. Actually, The probe was launched in June 2009 and has been sending NASA photography ever since. HeadoThe probe’s primary purpose is to a detailedol topographic maps of the lunar surface, but the LunardevelopReconnaissance Orbiter has also identified the locations of lod and other raw materials, whichore will be possible to exploit in the prospect.

The probe has also measuredoin space radiation in orbit wokoMoon and identified the landing sitestopfor future manned missions. The total cost of the is aboutmission500 millionow dollarow.