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17 years 8 months ago #31074 by DeirdreKelleghan
MOON CRASH was created by DeirdreKelleghan
science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28jul_c...nding.htm?list127355

At the dawn on the Space Age, the first spaceship to reach the Moon crashed. Forty-seven years later, NASA plans to do it again. A ship named LCROSS is going to hit the Moon, not once but twice, in a daring search for lunar water.

Deirdre Kelleghan
Irish Astronomical Society
www.irishastrosoc.org

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14 years 8 months ago #79156 by dave_lillis
Replied by dave_lillis on topic Re:MOON CRASH
Its worth noting that it will be possible to image this satellite as it orbits the moon, although its about mag 16.
spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image...anim2_1246340304.gif
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi

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Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)

Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go. :)
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