LCROSS Mission
NASA's LCROSS mission used a controlled Centaur impact and a following shepherding spacecraft to sample the ejecta plume from Cabeus crater and investigate lunar polar volatiles.
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Identity
- Aliases
- LCROSSLunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission
- Name
- LCROSS Mission
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- NASA's LCROSS mission used a controlled Centaur impact and a following shepherding spacecraft to sample the ejecta plume from Cabeus crater and investigate lunar polar volatiles.
- Destination
- Moon
- End Date
- 2009-10-09
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- The Centaur struck Cabeus on 9 October 2009, LCROSS sampled the plume before its own impact, and the mission data confirmed water and other volatiles in permanently shadowed lunar material.
- Start Date
- 2009-06-18
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lcross/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 05:19:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 06:42:32 UTC
Other
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- Space Stations
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