News on Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite

NASA finds water on the moon

2010-02-24T05:25:48Z

<div><p>The dramatic revelation of a "significant amount" of frozen water found on the moon has been hailed by the jubilent US space agency as heralding a giant leap forward in space exploration.</p><p>"The discovery opens a new chapter in our understanding of the moon," NASA said after the startling find was announced Friday, as ecstatic scien...

Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water

2010-02-24T05:52:07Z

<div id="subtitle">Splash! NASA's moon crash struck lots of water, making moon an enticing place to visit again</div><div><p>The lunar dud for space enthusiasts has become a watershed event for NASA.</p><p>Spacecraft that crashed into the moon last month kicked up a relatively small plume. But scientists have confirmed the debris contained water — 25 gallons of it — making ...

NASA finds water found on the moon

2010-02-24T05:46:46Z

<div><p>A "significant amount" of frozen water has been found on the moon, the US space agency said Friday heralding a major leap forward in space exploration and boosting hopes of a permanent lunar base.</p><p>Preliminary data from a moon probe "indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater," NASA sa...

Moon crash works - there is water there

2010-02-24T05:49:24Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists who crashed two spacecraft into a crater on the moon said on Friday they found water in the dust they kicked up, just as they had hoped.</p><p>The barely visible plume knocked into the air by NASA's Anthony Colaprete, principal investigator and project scientist for the experiment, dubbed LCROSS, for Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.</p><p>"The team is working hard on the analysis,...

Satellite moon crash yields 'exciting' images: NASA

2010-02-24T17:07:56Z

<div><p>A NASA satellite that hurtled into a Moon crater on an exploratory mission last week sent back "exciting" images from every phase of its flight and subsequent crash, the US space agency said Monday. </p><p>"We are blown away by the data returned," said Anthony Colaprete, ...

NASA photos show moon strike created plume

2010-02-24T17:41:36Z

<div id="subtitle">NASA photos reveal moon strike may have yielded important data</div><div><p>NASA's much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said.</p><p>New images show a mile-high plume of lunar debris from the Cabeus crater shortly after the space agency's Centaur rocket struck Oct. 9.</p>&...

Shoot the Moon

2009-10-17T19:31:35Z

In this Oct. 9, 2009 image provided by NASA, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Diviner instrument captured infrared observations of the LCROSS impact. LRO flew by the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Centaur impact site ...

Moon crash: Public yawns, scientists celebrate

2010-02-24T21:40:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Did the moon move for you? It did for scientists, but the public left cold by lack of action</div><div><p>NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, the public turned away from the sky Friday anything but dazzled. Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white fla...

NASA bombs moon's surface in search of water

2010-02-24T20:47:50Z

<div><p>NASA blasted the surface of the moon with two spacecraft on Friday in a dramatic bid to find water on the lunar surface, an experiment that could be a stepping stone to a permanent moon base.</p><p>At 1131 GMT the agency hurtled a rocket into the moon's Cabeus crater, near the southern pole, at around 5,600 miles (9,000 kilometers) per hour, followed four minutes later by a shepherding spacecr...

NASA blasts moon's surface in search of water

2010-02-24T20:48:28Z

<div><p>The United States on Friday blasted the surface of the moon with two rockets on a mission to look for water below the lunar surface that could be used by astronauts on future space missions, NASA said.</p><p>At 1130 GMT the United States on Friday blasted the surface of the moon with two rockets on a mission to look for water below the lunar surface that could be used by astronauts on future space missions, NASA said.</p><p>At 1130 GMT the NASA would make an explosive return to the moon Friday when it sends a satellite and a rocket booster crashing into a lunar crater to look for water.</p><p>Conspiracy theories aside -- a Do Not Bomb the Moon website has been campaigning against the move -- there is no actual bomb, but the US space agency's unmanned NASA is preparing a violent return to the moon Friday as part of a mission to send a satellite and a rocket booster crashing into the planet's surface to look for water.</p><p>Conspiracy theories aside -- a 'do not bomb the moon' website is already campaigning against the move -- there is no actual bomb, but the US space agency's

NASA makes as-yet unseen hit on moon with probes

2010-02-24T20:56:05Z

<div id="subtitle">Moonstruck: NASA hits the moon twice looking for water; no live pictures yet, but coming</div><div><p>Take that, moon!</p><p>NASA bulldozed two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 a.m., followed four minutes later by a probe with c...

Moon crashing probes complete major milestone

2010-02-24T21:04:25Z

<div id="subtitle">NASA's moon probe separates as planned, ready to smack into lunar surface Friday morning</div><div><p>NASA's moon probe has separated into two pieces as planned, a major milestone toward a Friday morning double-barreled crash into the lunar surface.</p><p>The smaller probe with five cameras and four other scientific instruments is now trailing behind a 2....

MOON CRASH 2

2009-10-08T11:01:02Z

Graphic shows NASA's LCROSS mission to search for water on the moon

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Missions find evidence of water on the moon

2010-02-25T03:30:49Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three separate missions examining the moon have found clear evidence of water there, apparently concentrated at the poles and possibly formed by the solar wind.</p><p>The reports, to be published in the journal Science on Friday, show the water may be actively moving around, forming and reforming as particles mixed up in the dust on the surface ...

Moon probe enters lunar orbit: NASA

2010-02-26T17:39:38Z

<div><p>A space probe that scientists hope will provide new information about the moon ahead of future manned US moon missions entered lunar orbit on Tuesday, four and a half days after it was launched aboard a rocket, NASA said.</p><p>The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) space probe successfully entered orbit ar...