Showing posts with label NASA Spacecraft Impacts Lunar Crater in Search for Water Ice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NASA Spacecraft Impacts Lunar Crater in Search for Water Ice. Show all posts
Friday, October 9, 2009
NASA Spacecraft Impacts Lunar Crater in Search for Water Ice
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 instruments to assess whether water ice is present.The satellite traveled 5.6 million miles during an historic 113-day mission that ended in the Cabeus crater, a permanently shadowed region near the
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)