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Scientific American: Moon smash gives off flash

Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impact view is seen in this image
    NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impact ...
    Source: Reuters
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impact ...
However, mission scientists said they did spy a thermal flash and spotted a crater, perhaps 20 metres wide, created by the impact. The mission consisted of two parts: the empty 2,300-kilogram upper stage of an Atlas V Centaur rocket and a 'shepherding spacecraft ', loaded with cameras and...
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  • News Source: Uinta County News | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: Sify News | about 1 month ago
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  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
    However, mission scientists said they did spy a thermal flash and spotted a crater, perhaps 20 metres wide, created by the impact. The mission consisted of two parts: the empty 2,300-kilogram upper stage of an Atlas V Centaur rocket and a '...
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | about 1 month ago
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  • Blog Source: www.webtvhub.com
    Nasa is bombing the moon in order to see what lies underneath the rock and dust surface. The United States space agency hopes to ...
  • Blog Source: spagetimuncha270.vox.com
    The Hubble Space Telescope, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and hundreds of telescopes great and small on Earth will scrutinize the two plumes, looking for signs of water and the unexpected. [...] “We expect the debris plumes to be visible
  • Blog Source: newteevee.com
    Update: The video is in, but it doesn't live up to our expectations. Like something out of a '50s ...
  • Blog Source: realtalkny.uproxx.com
    white people hav lost they damn mind… wat if it changes the orbit of the moon??… and create tild waves in the oceans… who gives NASA the authority to bomb the moon… to find water???… really… water?… they could sent a probe to drill on .
  • Blog Source: www.snooperreport.com
    Obama wins the Nobel and NASA bombs the moon. Obama wins for doing nothing and accomplishing nothing and NASA accomplishes nothing on the moon. Obama gets $1.4 Million for doing not a damn thing and NASA spent $76 Million for nothing, ...
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