Microsoft Partners With NASA To Put Images Online

Also available will be images from a camera aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), when publicly released this fall. Scheduled to launch in May, LRO will spend at least a year in low orbit about 30 miles above the lunar surface collecting detailed information about the lunar environment.

"NASA is excited to collaborate with Microsoft to share its portfolio of planetary images with students and lifelong learners," said S. Pete Worden, director of Ames.

"This is a compelling astronomical resource and will help inspire our next generation of astronomers."