NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Discovers a New 222-m Diameter Lunar Crater

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team recently discovered a new crater on the Moon that is twice the length of an American football field. The study, published in Science Advances, was conducted by members of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) science team, including Principal Investigator and lead author Dr. Mark Robinson of Intuitive Machines and co-author Dr. Julie Stopar of USRA's Lunar and Planetary Institute.