NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the Moon’s surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Scientists will analyze data from the spacecraft’s ...

The lunar-crashing secondary payload that will share an Atlas 5 launcher with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, has entered comprehensive performance testing about a month ahead of schedule. That ...

NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) impacted the Moon’s crater Cabeus, near the south pole, early Friday morning to determine if the permanently shadowed crater might be ...

NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, created twin impacts on the moon's surface early Friday in a search for water ice. Scientists will analyze data from the spacecraft's ...

Get ready for a unique cosmic collision! Early this coming Friday morning (Oct. 9), NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) will end its mission with a bang — literally.

LCROSS passed by the moon on Day 5 of our mission, way back on the morning of June 22. We could have impacted the moon back then, but our objective was to impart as much energy into our impact as ...

The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission was designed to search for evidence of water in a permanently shadowed region near the lunar south pole. An instrumented Shepherding ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water. Secrets the moon has been holding, for perhaps billions of years, are now being revealed to the delight of ...