NASA Moon Impactor Successfully Completes Lunar Maneuver
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 23:28
in Astronomy & Space
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, successfully completed its most significant early mission milestone Tuesday with a lunar swingby and calibration of its science instruments. The satellite will search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole.