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01 March 2010
Look for "Flood" of News This Week About Water on the Moon
Almost five months ago, the LCROSS spacecraft had an abrupt end to its flight when it impacted a crater on the Moon's south pole. But that was only the beginning of the work of principal investigator Tony Colaprete and the rest of the science teams, who have since been working non-stop to get [...]
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13 November 2009
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 region of Cabeus cater near the moon’s south pole. "Indeed yes we found water, we didn't find just a little bit we found significant amount," said Tony Coleprete, principal investigator for LCROSS at a [...]
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17 October 2009
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 itself impacted the surface of the moon. But any evidence of the plume was hidden by the rim of a giant impact basin, a 3 kilometer-high (2-mile) mountain right in the way for Earth [...]
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09 October 2009
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 Moon was a smashing success. While the mainstream media and the public seemed disappointed in the lack of visual data, mission managers said the mission has garnered plenty of spectroscopic data, and that's where the [...]
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09 October 2009
LCROSS Impacts Moon, Science Data Pending
In a bit of an anti-climax, the Centaur second stage, and later the LCROSS spacecraft impacted Cabeus Crater but produced no visible plume. Analysis of navigation telemetry indicated the trajectory was spot on , and the Centaur should have hit the surface to within about 64 meters (210 feet) of the planned target. The [...]
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08 October 2009
LCROSS (and the Moon) Up Close
The LCROSS spacecraft will be giving it all up for science Friday morning when it and the second stage of the Centaur rocket impact Cabeus crater on the Moon's south pole, searching for possible water ice hidden inside the perpetually dark crater. Since we'll never see LCROSS again, its only fitting to take a [...]
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08 October 2009
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 morning, or "hurt the Moon," or "split the Moon in half," or change its orbit. This is all just nonsense and scare-mongering, and those worried about our Moon can rest assured our lunar [...]
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07 October 2009
Guide to Seeing the LCROSS Lunar Impact
The LCROSS spacecraft is going to impact the Moon on Friday, October 9, and here's your chance to watch the action, either just for fun, or to contribute to scientific observations. Whether you want to observe with your own equipment or watch the event on television or a webcast, below you'll find all the [...]
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07 October 2009
SMART -1 Updates Image for LCROSS Impact
Since the LCROSS team reloaded and switched which lunar crater they are targeting for impact with the spacecraft and its upper stage of the Centaur rocket on October 9, the SMART-1 team has reloaded as well, and has released an updated image of the new crater. LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) will [...]
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28 September 2009
LCROSS Team Changes Target Crater for Impact
Based on new analysis of the latest lunar data, the science team for NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission (LCROSS) decided to change the target crater for impact from Cabeus A to Cabeus (proper). The decision was based on a consensus that Cabeus shows, with the greatest level of certainty, the highest [...]
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25 September 2009
SMART-1 Releases Image of LCROSS Impact Site
ESA's SMART-1 team has released an image of the future impact site of NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). The SMART-1 team searched through their database to find images of Cabeus A, where LCROSS will search for water ice by making two impacts into this crater at the lunar south pole. The impacts [...]
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25 August 2009
LCROSS Anomaly Causes "Substantial" Fuel Loss
The operations team for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission has discovered the spacecraft experienced an anomaly, causing it to use up a substantial amount of its fuel. According to spacecraft data, the LCROSS Internal Reference Unit (IRU) experienced a fault. The IRU is a sensor used by the spacecraft's attitude [...]
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04 August 2009
LCROSS Sees Life on Earth
The LCROSS spacecraft took a look back at Earth, and guess what it saw? Evidence of intelligence? Not so much. But it did see evidence of life. On Aug. 1, 2009, the LCROSS spacecraft took a gander at Earth to help calibrate and test its science payload. During the Earth observations, [...]
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23 June 2009
LRO Successfully In Lunar Orbit; LCROSS Provides Flyby Video
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter fired its braking thrusters for 40 minutes early today, successfully inserting the spacecraft into orbit around the Moon. Over the next several days, LRO's instruments will be turned on and its orbit will be fine-tuned. Then LRO will begin its primary mission of mapping the lunar surface to [...]
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22 June 2009
Watch Live Streaming Video From LCROSS Lunar Swingby Tuesday
On Tuesday morning, the LCROSS spacecraft will fly by the Moon only 9,000 km above the lunar surface and send back live streaming video for about an hour. This relatively close encounter with the Moon, will help put LCROSS in the correct position to impact the lunar surface in October. LCROSS will never [...]
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