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Moon-Bound NASA Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests

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created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the moon.





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LCROSS Selects Crater with Best Chance of Finding Water

LCROSS Selects Crater with Best Chance of Finding Water

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created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA has identified the spot where it will search for water on the moon.


LCROSS Captures All Phases of Centaur Impact

LCROSS Captures All Phases of Centaur Impact

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created Oct 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a smashing success, returning tantalizing data about the Centaur impact before the spacecraft itself impacted the surface ...


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LCROSS Mission To Seek Water Ice on Moon Heads to Florida for Launch

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, is enroute from Northrop Grumman's facility in Redondo Beach, Calif., to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation ...


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Astronomers Will Train Big MMT Telescope on Moon During 2009 Impact

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created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers will use the powerful University of Arizona/Smithsonian MMT Observatory on Mount Hopkins, Ariz., to search for lunar water ice when NASA fires a 2-ton rocket into a polar crater ...


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Southern Arizona Telescopes Will Point at Lunar Impact Early Friday

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created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the some of the best ground-based telescopes in southern Arizona plan to observe two lunar impacts at 4:30 a.m. and 4:34 a.m. Arizona time Friday.


NASA launches LCROSS Lunar Impactor

NASA launches LCROSS Lunar Impactor

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3

NASA launched its first moon shot in a decade Thursday, sending up a pair of unmanned science probes that will help determine where astronauts could land and set up camp in years to come.


LCROSS Viewer's Guide

LCROSS Viewer's Guide

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Just imagine. A spaceship plunges out of the night sky, hits the ground and explodes. A plume of debris billows back into the heavens, leading your eye to a second ship in hot pursuit. Four minutes later, ...


Goddard Visualization Team Previews Lunar Impact

Goddard Visualization Team Previews Lunar Impact

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created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At 7:30 a.m. EDT on October 9, a two-ton rocket body will slam into a crater near the moon's south pole. By studying the resulting plume of gas and dust, scientists hope this grand experiment ...


Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume

Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume (w/ Video)

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cassini has started sending data back from its Nov. 2 flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus.


2 small eruptions occur at Alaska volcano (AP)

2 small eruptions occur at Alaska volcano

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupted at least twice Wednesday as officials from a pipeline company assessed conditions at a nearby oil storage facility to determine whether to remove its contents.



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