#shorts #astronomy #solarsystem Launched in 2009, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a robotic spacecraft that is currently orbiting the Moon to create a 3D map of Earth's nearest neighbor in space. The LRO lunar exploration mapping program is designed to identify safe landing sites ...

The “lunar hay fever”, as @NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt described it during the Apollo 17 mission created symptoms in all 12 people who have stepped on the Moon. From sneezing to nasal congestion, in some cases it took days for the reactions to fade. Inside the spacecraft, the dust smelt ...