NASA has published a composite image of the Moon. It consists of 1231 images taken by the LRO device in the summer of 2018.
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The LRO device was launched in 2009. One of the main goals of its mission was to compile a detailed map of the lunar surface to find landing sites for future expeditions. In total, over the thirteen years of its service, LRO has transmitted images totaling over a thousand terabytes to Earth.
In honor of the upcoming launch of the Artemis I mission, NASA has published a very unusual mosaic of the Moon. It is made up of the best in terms of matching brightness and gradient images taken by the narrow-angle camera of the device in the summer of 2018.
Recall that recently LRO photographed a crater on the far side of the Moon, left after the fall of the “anonymous” rocket stage.
According to https://www.nasa.gov
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