Lunar Map (NASA LM maps) 11 A3 size Moon maps

Lunar Map (NASA LM Series)

11 big A3-sized printed charts!

High quality reprints of the NASA originals

11 large A3-size printed charts

The full set of 11 NASA LM lunar charts is on offer. The LM series was intended to provide highly detailed coverage of the Moon, but only 11 maps were completed by NASA, and the project was abandoned after the Apollo missions ended.

The 1:1,000,000 scale Lunar Map (LM) Series was designed to provide topographic coverage of the entire lunar surface. It was intended to be the successor to the Lunar Astronautical Chart (LAC) Series and closely followed that series in format and design. However, lunar orbital photography and derivative mapping and selenodetic works were used extensively in the LM Series, resulting in greatly improved definition of topographic detail and positioning of features.

The LM maps portrayed lunar topography by shadient relief in green as viewed with an eastern illumination. Spot elevations, crater depths and basic 300-metre contour interval with 100-meter supplementary contours in relatively level areas are also employed to provide relief information. Form lines were sometimes used to depict topographic features where sources data is inadequate for contour portrayal. Background coloration was also used to indicate crater ray systems and variance of reflectance of lunar areas under full illumination. The shadient relief rendition also appears on map reverse in black and white unencumbered by other map detail.

Other LM areas covered only by Lunar Orbiter Mission photographs and earhtbased telescopic photographs reflect the inadequacies of these sources for compilations by approximate contours, form lines and relative heights and depths (determined by measurement of shadow images) shown.

The Apollo 15 (Apollo 1973) Control System was used for primary control of this Series.

Only 11 sheets of the LM Series were published, the project having been suspended after the Apollo flights ended. They remain among the best maps ever produced of the Moon.

Map - No - Name - Latitude/Longitude - Edition, Date