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    The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a robotic spacecraft operated by NASA. The mission was conceived as a low-cost means of...
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    in conjunction with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), as the vanguard of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, LRO was the...
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    the presence of lunar water. NASA's LCROSS mission found a significant amount of water in Cabeus. NASA's LCROSS mission deliberately crashed into the...
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  • base mechanical satellite bus to launch the LCROSS spacecraft as a secondary payload under the LRO. LCROSS ultimately impacted the lunar surface and confirmed...
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    The main LCROSS mission objective was to explore the presence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater near a lunar polar region. LCROSS was launched...
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    Retrieved 2011-01-01. "Guide to Seeing the LCROSS Lunar Impact". Retrieved 2009-10-27. "NASA NSSDC Master Catalog - LCROSS Shepherding Spacecraft". Retrieved...
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  • Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), were launched in June 2009. The lift-off above Cape Canaveral Air Force...
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    Revolution. June 18 – NASA launches the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter / LCROSS probes to the Moon, the first American lunar mission since Lunar Prospector...
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    carried on the LCROSS spacecraft as it traversed the plume. But the debris plumes were smaller than predicted. Preliminary data from the LCROSS spectrometer...
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    Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft that flew through the ejecta plume. LCROSS detected a significant amount of hydroxyl group...
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    bound together—could have created." NASA also reported in 2009 that the LCROSS probe revealed an ultraviolet emission spectrum consistent with hydroxyl...
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    launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the LCROSS impactor on June 18, 2009. LCROSS completed its mission by making a planned and widely observed...
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    on 10 June 2009. SELENE or Kaguya was launched on 14 September 2007. The LCROSS data collecting shepherding spacecraft was launched together with the Lunar...
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  • announced the detection of a hot spot on the Moon at the location of the LCROSS spacecraft impact site. Sharp, Tim (27 October 2017). "What is the Temperature...
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  • and private industry. It has been used for several missions, including LCROSS, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, OSIRIS-REx, the Magnetospheric Multiscale...
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    SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Chandrayaan-3 (propulsion module) Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Landers Apollo Lunar Module ×6...
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    SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Chandrayaan-3 (propulsion module) Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Landers Apollo Lunar Module ×6...
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    Prospector Deep Impact SMART-1 Chandrayaan-1 SELENE (Kaguya)/Okina Chang'e 1 LCROSS MESSENGER Mars Science Laboratory Cassini Mars 2020 List of extraterrestrial...
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    and three dwarf planets. 2009 – After having analyzed the data from the LCROSS lunar impact, in 2009 NASA announced that the discovery of a "significant"...
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    besides water can also be trapped in such craters, such as mercury. The LCROSS mission additionally found native silver and gold in permanently shadowed...
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    Global Surveyor 2008 Phoenix 2009 Chang'e 1 Ulysses Chandrayaan-1 SELENE LCROSS 2010s 2010 Hayabusa MER Spirit rover 2011 Stardust 2012 GRAIL 2013 Deep...
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  • SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Chandrayaan-3 (propulsion module) Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Landers Apollo Lunar Module ×6...
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    SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Chandrayaan-3 (propulsion module) Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Landers Apollo Lunar Module ×6...
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  • Center in Mountain View, California, Marshall was on the science team for LCROSS, which first confirmed the presence of large quantities of water on the...
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    SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Chandrayaan-3 (propulsion module) Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Landers Apollo Lunar Module ×6...
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    SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Chandrayaan-3 (propulsion module) Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Landers Apollo Lunar Module ×6...
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    develop extraction and processing systems. The intentional impact of the LCROSS orbiter into the Cabeus crater was monitored to analyze the resulting debris...
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    romantic image of Neil Armstrong taking 'one giant leap for mankind'". LCROSS—A NASA project which used a kinetic impact to study the presence of water...
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    SELENE (Kaguya, Okina, Ouna) Chandrayaan-3 (propulsion module) Impactors LCROSS Luna 2 Moon Impact Probe Ranger 4 6 7 8 9 Landers Apollo Lunar Module ×6...
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    Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to look for water on the Moon was a 'secondary payload spacecraft.' LCROSS began its trip to the Moon on...
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