SMART-1 Images Crash Scene Of Upcoming LCROSS Impact
Friday, September 25, 2009 - 10:28
in Astronomy & Space
The European Space Agency’s SMART-1 team has released an image of the future impact site of NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS). LCROSS will search for water ice on the Moon by making two impacts into a crater named Cabeus A at the lunar South Pole. The impacts are scheduled for 11:30 and 11:34 am UT on 9 October 2009.