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Artemis mission: NASA will launch lunar pathfinder CAPSTONE, with the help Rocket Lab, by 2021

The satellite will also work with the LRO to test out a new navigation system that will help NASA when its launches the Lunar Gateway.

Chandrayaan 2: NASA finds no trace of crashed Vikram lander from its orbiter flyby

NASA used an approach used to find new meteorite impacts on the Moon, which also helped locate the crashed Beresheet lander.

Chandrayaan 2: NASA to perform a 'rigorous' search for Vikram lander in new images of the crash site

Unlike in September, the lighting conditions this time were much more favourable, with relatively fewer shadows.

Chandrayaan 2: NASA's LRO performs second flyover to locate Vikram's landing site on the moon

The LRO has on a previous occasion tried to image the landing site of Vikram lander but failed.

Chandrayaan 2: Vikram out of NASA field of view as LRO fails to spot the lander during 17 Sept fly-by

The agency has taken its time to process, validate, analyse and review the series of images captured by the LROC.

Chandrayaan 2: Orbiter’s payloads are powered, to start sending data, images soon, says ISRO chief

The orbiter has capabilities to make 3-D maps of the lunar surface, and identify traces of water ice and minerals.

Chandrayaan 2: NASA to process multiple images of Vikram's landing site snapped by its lunar orbiter

The LRO also captured images during a flyby of Vikram’s landing site on 7 September, near the moon’s south pole.

Chandrayaan 2: NASA's LRO fails to spot crashed Vikram lander due to 'long shadows' over landing site

The landing site is in a region that is currently transitioning from prolonged dusk to a two-week-long lunar night.

NASA scientists observe water molecules hopping about on the surface of the moon

The LRO observed a layer of lunar surface water that was mere molecules thick, from orbit.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captures the Solar Eclipse from the Moon

The image was captured using the narrow angle camera, one of the seven instruments on board the spacecraft.