High in Chilean Desert, NASA’s FIRST Makes New Observations of Earth’s Atmosphere

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LCROSS Hits Its Mark

Onlookers participate in LCROSS pre-impact activities at NASA's AmesResearch Center. Credit: NASA The crowd at NASA Ames was poised and ready for impact as the LCROSS camera started sending back stunning images of the moon's south pole. At impact, a flash or large plume wasn't visible with the LCROSS camera, but even though we didn’t see it doesn't mean it wasn't there.The LCROSS mission

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

LCROSS MOON IMPACT LIVE FROM NASA

LCROSS Lunar Impact

Posted on: October 9, 2009Posted in: VideoComment on This VideoOn Friday October 9th, 2009 at 1131 UTC LCROSS slammed in to the moon, hopefully kicking up water to be analyzed and used for future human colonization of our nearest neighbor.

Moon Bombing Video: Watch NASA's LCROSS Mission Bomb The Moon

*Watch video and see pictures below* Here are all the details on how to watch NASA bomb the moon on October 9 in a dramatic search for water in space. See a preview of the blast, then watch it LIVE from earth or on the web. LCROSS (Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite) mission will send a missile traveling at twice the speed of a bullet to blast a hole in the lunar surface near the

Noctis Labyrinthus

Layers in the lower portion of two neighboring buttes within the Noctis Labyrinthus formation on Mars are visible in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.