LCROSS
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The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite was a robotic spacecraft operated by NASA. The mission was conceived as a low-cost means of determining the nature of hydrogen detected at the polar
LCROSS spacecraft, artist's rendering
The flash from the LCROSS Centaur impact.
An illustration of the LCROSS Centaur rocket stage and Shepherding Spacecraft as they approach impact with the lunar south pole on October 9, 2009.
LRO (top, silver) and LCROSS (bottom, gold) prepared for fairing
Chandrayaan-1
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Chandrayaan-1 of the Chandrayaan programme, was the first Indian lunar probe. It was launched by ISRO in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission consisted of an orbiter and an impact
LCROSS
…low-cost means of determining the nature of hydrogen detected at the polar regions of the Moon. Launched immediately after discovery of lunar water by Chandrayaan-1, the main LCROSS mission objective was to further explore the presence of water in the form of ice in a permanently shadowed crater near a lunar polar…
CY1 2007
Spacecraft bus for Chandrayaan One overview
Moon Mineralogy Mapper (left)
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