Day Moon Ridge

A natural color composite mosaic of the Moon.

A close-up view of two components of the Apollo lunar surface experiments package (ALSEP) which the Apollo 14 astronauts deployed on the Moon during their first extravehicular activity (EVA).

This image shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012.

The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission ended on 17 December 2012 when the two spacecraft GRAIL A (Ebb) and GRAIL B (Flow) impacted the Moon.

The Apollo 11 Command and Service Modules are photographed from the Lunar Module.

Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 10 command module pilot, adjusts strap on his communications cap during suiting up operations for the lunar orbit mission.

This animation shows the last three orbits of the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission, with views of the impact site. 

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface.

In the fall of 2011, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission released its original Tour of the Moon, a five-minute animation that takes the viewer on a virtual tour of our nearest neighbor i...

The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers.

It's not just a time-lapse composite image of our Moon as it arcs across the sky, it's a "super blue blood Moon" eclipse! 

A close-up view of a footpad and surface sampler with scoop (arm, out of frame) on the Surveyor 3 spacecraft which was photographed by the Apollo 12 astronauts during their second extravehicular ac...

Surveys from orbit informed the landing sites of future Apollo missions and deployment of scientific instruments.

During its flight to Jupiter, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon.

This spectacular view across the rim of the Moon's Wallach crater, 3.5 miles (5700 meters) across, comes from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. It was taken when the spacecraft was just 58 miles...

This photograph of a nearly full moon was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft on Dec. 22, 1968. 

The Apollo 7 Saturn IB launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera imaged this bright young ray crater on Nov. 3, 2018. The Sun shone from the west (left). This image covers an area about five miles (8.1 kilometers) across. 

Wall of unnamed crater located on the far side of the moon.

Astronaut David R. Scott, right, commander of the Apollo 15 mission, gets a close look at the sample referred to as "Genesis rock."

Dr. Wernher von Braun, John Casani and Dr. James Van Allen inspect components of the Pioneer IV spacecraft on March 1, 1959.

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this detailed look at the floor of Komarov crater on the far side of the Moon. 

In the early hours of April 15, 2014, our pale moon will turn blood orange red. This spectacle will mark the first of four consecutive total lunar eclipses, a series known as a tetrad. 

Bright Venus seen near the crescent Moon on July 15, 2018. 

Lunar Orbiter 1 image of Taruntius crater on the Moon.