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MOON CRASH
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18 years 5 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
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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15 years 5 months ago #79156
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Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)
Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor
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
spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image...anim2_1246340304.gif
ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi
Dave L. on facebook , See my images in flickr
Chairman. Shannonside Astronomy Club (Limerick)
Carrying around my 20" obsession is going to kill me,
but what a way to go.
+ 12"LX200, MK67, Meade2045, 4"refractor
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