LCROSS

LCROSS Confirms “Buckets” of Water on the Moon

The LCROSS team announced today the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed…

15 years ago

Moon Crash Plume Visible to Spacecraft But Not Earth Telescopes

Nine science instruments on board the LCROSS spacecraft captured the entire crash sequence of the Centaur impactor before the spacecraft…

15 years ago

Moon Impact Data and Images from LCROSS: First Glance

Even without big explosions or bright plumes of ejecta, for all intents and purposes it appears LCROSS's impact on the…

15 years ago

LCROSS Impacts Moon, Science Data Pending

UPDATE: The MMTO Telescope on Mount Hopkins in Arizona has video from their observations that, while fuzzy, possibly show a…

15 years ago

LCROSS (and the Moon) Up Close

[/caption] The LCROSS spacecraft will be giving it all up for science Friday morning when it and the second stage…

15 years ago

No, NASA Is Not Bombing the Moon

There seems to be a little lunacy making the rounds that NASA is going to "bomb" the Moon on Friday…

15 years ago

Guide to Seeing the LCROSS Lunar Impact

[/caption] The LCROSS spacecraft is going to impact the Moon on Friday, October 9, and here's your chance to watch…

15 years ago

SMART -1 Updates Image for LCROSS Impact

[/caption] Since the LCROSS team reloaded and switched which lunar crater they are targeting for impact with the spacecraft and…

15 years ago

LCROSS Team Changes Target Crater for Impact

[/caption] Based on new analysis of the latest lunar data, the science team for NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing…

15 years ago

SMART-1 Releases Image of LCROSS Impact Site

[/caption] ESA's SMART-1 team has released an image of the future impact site of NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing…

15 years ago