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    Camera on NASA’s Lunar Orbiter survived 2014 Meteoroid hit

    May 30, 2017, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    1.The first wild back-and-forth line records the moment on October 13, 2014 when the left Narrow Angle Camera's radiator was struck by a meteoroid. Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University 2. The Narrow Angle Camera sits on a bench in the clean room at Malin Space Science Systems. The radiator (right) extends off the electronics end and keeps the sensor cool while imaging the moon. Computer modeling shows the meteoroid impacted somewhere on the radiator. Credits: Malin Space Science Systems/Arizona State University

    1.The first wild back-and-forth line records the moment on October 13, 2014 when the left Narrow Angle Camera’s radiator was struck by a meteoroid.
    Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
    2. The Narrow Angle Camera sits on a bench in the clean room at Malin Space Science Systems. The radiator (right) extends off the electronics end and keeps the sensor cool while imaging the moon. Computer modeling shows the meteoroid impacted somewhere on the radiator.
    Credits: Malin Space Science Systems/Arizona State University

    On Oct.13, 2014 something very strange happened to the camera aboard NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)...

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