In the small hours of tomorrow morning, NASA’s LCROSS spacecraft will crash land on the moon. The craft will be deliberately hard-landed in two sections providing data about the composition of the lunar surface. NASA TV will provide live coverage and you can find out more on the Spaceweather site.
Crash On The Moon
October 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Astronomy, General News, NCS Courses, Science And Nature
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New Moon Mission Launched
June 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Astronomy, General News, NCS Courses, Science And Nature
The celebrations of forty years since the Apollo 11 moon landing are heating up and now we have a new moon mission on its way. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter took off from Cape Canaveral on Thursday and will photograph the lunar surface in higher resolution than ever before. Images with a resolution of 1 m [...]