Mini-RF has imaged this unusual crater in Mare Nubium that shows a bright pattern of ejecta around the crater, but with and excluded zone in one sector.
Mini-RF Overview
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Overview
The Mini-RF project will fly two radar instruments to the moon to map the lunar poles, search for water ice, and to demonstrate future NASA communication technologies. The first instrument launched on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO’s) Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft and will map both polar regions. The second instrument will fly on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and will perform targeted radar observations and communications demonstrations.
Featured Images
Asymmetric crater in Mare Nubium
Oceanus Procellarum - image strip
This spectacular image strip across one of the most volcanically active regions of the Moon, Oceanus Procellarum.
Hadley Rille
Two Mini-RF S-band zoom radar image strips
Two Mini-RF S-band zoom radar image strips showing close-ups of crater Aratus, Manilius, and an unnamed fresh crater 2 miles in diameter.
Radar Strip Showing Crater Bessel
Mini-RF S-band zoom radar image strip through central Mare Serenitatis on the near side of the Moon.
News and Events
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Your Time to Explore
Check out this new podcast to learn how Mini-RF is searching for ice on the Moon.
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NASA And ISRO Satellites Perform In Tandem To Search For Ice On The Moon
NASA and ISRO will attempt a novel joint experiment that could yield more information on whether ice exists in a permanently shadowed crater near the north pole of the moon.
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NASA Radar Tandem Searches For Ice On The Moon
With the Mini-RF instrument flying aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, the space agency now has two powerful tools searching for ice on the moon.
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NASA Returning to the Moon with First Lunar Launch in a Decade
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launched at 5:32 p.m. EDT Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The satellite will relay more information about the lunar environment than any other previous mission to the moon.