{"id":13745,"date":"2025-05-16T18:02:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-lro-views-japans-resilence-lunar-lander-landing-area\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T18:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T22:02:48","slug":"nasas-lro-views-japans-resilence-lunar-lander-landing-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasas-lro-views-japans-resilence-lunar-lander-landing-area\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s LRO Views Japan\u2019s RESILENCE Lunar Lander Landing Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA\u2019s LRO Views Japan\u2019s RESILENCE Lunar Lander Landing Area<\/h2>\n

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NASA\u2019s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) imaged the landing area of the ispace SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2\u00a0RESILIENCE lunar lander which is slated to land on the surface of the Moon no earlier than June 5, 2025 (UTC). This view of the primary landing area is\u00a03.13 miles\u00a0(5,040 meters) wide and north is up. The site is in Mare Frigoris, a volcanic region interspersed with large-scale faults known as wrinkle ridges. Mare Frigoris formed over 3.5 billion years ago as massive basalt eruptions flooded low-lying terrain. <\/em><\/p>\n

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