LRO Sees Apollo 14's Rocket Booster Impact Site
Thursday, October 8, 2009 - 17:49
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A distinctive crater about 35 meters (115 feet) in diameter was formed when the Apollo 14 Saturn IVB (upper stage) was intentionally impacted into the moon. The energy of the impact created small tremors that were measured by the seismometer placed on the Moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969.