Moon Crash, New Maps to Aid Search for Lunar Water
Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 08:07
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which will map the moon in high detail, will also send an SUV-size probe barreling into a shadowy crater in search of water ice.
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