NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was launched in the summer of 2009. Over the next four years, it took over 10,500 high-resolution images of the Lunar North Pole. Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-releases-681-gigapixel-interactive-map-lunar-north-pole#EC2ooSJoxosUSFCA.99