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After moon bombing, search for water begins

Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • People watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    People watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its ...
    Source: Reuters
  • NASA is to send a satellite and a rocket booster crashing into the moon's surface to look for water
    NASA is to send a satellite and a rocket booster crashing into the ...
    Source: AFP
  • Artist's illustration of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft crashes into moon
    Artist's illustration of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft crashes into moon
    Source: Reuters
  • A group of young adults watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    A group of young adults watch a live video of the twin impacts of the ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Girls watch a live video of the twin impacts of LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    Girls watch a live video of the twin impacts of LCROSS and its rocket'...
    Source: Reuters
  • Artist's illustration of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft on course to crash into Moon
    Artist's illustration of NASA's LCROSS spacecraft on course to crash ...
    Source: Reuters
  • People watch a live video of scientists congratulating each other in the Science Operation Center after the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    People watch a live video of scientists congratulating each other in ...
    Source: Reuters
  • Father and son watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its rocket's upper stage as they impact the moon at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field
    Father and son watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS ...
    Source: Reuters
  • NASA tents are seen on the South Lawn at the White House
    NASA tents are seen on the South Lawn at the White House
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  • NASA Ames Research Center Director Worden speaks at a news conference in California
    NASA Ames Research Center Director Worden speaks at a news conference ...
    Source: Reuters
People watch a live video of the twin impacts of the LCROSS and its ...
Now it’s time to sift through the data to see if water turns up. That’s the stage that scientists find themselves in after what they say was a successful mission aimed at seeing whether deep, frigid polar craters hold a precious resource – something that future moon explorers could use to help keep...
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  • News Source: Star-Bulletin | about 1 month ago
    A plume more than 3 miles high was anticipated when the Centaur rocket moving at a speed of more than 1.5 miles per second hit the moon's surface -- an event timed early yesterday for optimum viewing with Mauna Kea's powerful telescopes...But there...
  • News Source: B92 | about 1 month ago
    The collision into a crater on the south pole of the moon was part of a search for water or ice under the lunar surface. A probe that takes photographs followed close behind, crashing four minutes later...Scientists wanted to examine the huge plume...
  • News Source: Denver Post | about 1 month ago
    Photos and video of the impact showed little more than a fuzzy white flash...One person joked that someone hit the pause button in Mission Control. Yet scientists involved in the project were downright gleeful. There were no pictures of spewing...
  • News Source: NewKerala | about 1 month ago
    The craft successfully struck their target, a crater thought to harbor frozen water...Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) performed its own kamikaze dive, which was the final act in its mission to detect evidence of water ice in the moon...
  • News Source: Star Tribune | about 1 month ago
    As science, however, it might still qualify for blockbuster status. Friday morning's mission sent a rocket booster crashing into a shadowy crater at the moon's south pole. Another spacecraft followed closely behind, taking scientific readings and...
  • News Source: The Scotsman | about 1 month ago
    The "bombing" of the moon was supposed to kick up a six-mile-high cloud of debris big enough to be seen by amateur astronomers on earth...The plan was to scan the plume for evidence of water, believed to lie at the bottom of freezing polar craters. A...
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Posted By LolaTarek LolaTarek | about 1 month ago
great
Posted By MrFkas MrFkas | about 1 month ago
i think it will be very difficult to find some water on moon.
But can Scientists really have a chance.

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