LCROSS spacecraft
LCROSS was NASA's Northrop Grumman-built shepherding spacecraft that guided a spent Centaur stage to a lunar south-pole impact and measured the resulting plume for water and other volatiles.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing SatelliteLCROSS Shepherding SpacecraftSSC
- Family Name
- LCROSS
- Full Name
- LCROSS spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterimpactor
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- LCROSS was NASA's Northrop Grumman-built shepherding spacecraft that guided a spent Centaur stage to a lunar south-pole impact and measured the resulting plume for water and other volatiles.
- First Flight Year
- 2,009
- Last Flight Year
- 2,009
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 621
- Reusability
- expendable
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/lcross/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 31, 2026 at 05:18:28 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 31, 2026 at 05:18:28 UTC
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