NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the Moon’s surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Scientists will analyze data from the spacecraft’s ...
The lunar-crashing secondary payload that will share an Atlas 5 launcher with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, has entered comprehensive performance testing about a month ahead of schedule. That ...
NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impacted the Moon’s crater Cabeus, near the south pole, early Friday morning to determine if the permanently shadowed crater might be ...
Get ready for a unique cosmic collision! Early this coming Friday morning (Oct. 9), NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will end its mission with a bang — literally.
NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the moon's surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Scientists will analyze data from the spacecraft's ...
LCROSS passed by the moon on Day 5 of our mission, way back on the morning of June 22. We could have impacted the moon back then, but our objective was to impart as much energy into our impact as ...
Picture of the moon centering Nasa's intended impact site for LCROSS. The dark ring is the 25-arcsec field lens holder for the Altair adaptive optics system. Observers will be able to use any bright ...
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