The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a robotic spacecraft operated by NASA. The mission was conceived as a low-cost means of determining the nature of …

Nov 3, 2024 · What was LCROSS? NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was launched with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine if water-ice …

Mar 8, 2019 · It was called LCROSS, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. Their clever design involved two parts: a projectile that would slam into a crater to kick up a giant …

Jun 18, 2009 · The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) is designed to search for water ice on the Moon's surface by directing a 2000 kg Centaur upper stage into an …

NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) missions provided evidence that the lunar soil within shadowy craters is rich in …

Apr 26, 2012 · The Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), an accompanying payload to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission (Vondrak et al. 2010), was …

Oct 9, 2009 · LCROSS, U.S. spacecraft that was deliberately crashed into the Moon on October 9, 2009, resulting in the discovery of subsurface water. Analysis of the impact plume revealed …

LCROSS was designed to confirm the presence and nature of water ice on the moon, and to study the composition of lunar regolith by using the launch vehicle's upper stage as a kinetic …

Oct 8, 2009 · The event is the highlight of NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission. The LCROSS spacecraft flies behind its empty upper stage, which is …

LCROSS spacecraft archives at the Geosciences Node have been migrated to the PDS4 standard. This includes ra w and calibrated data for all instruments. The original PDS3 data …