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 ...

Jennifer Heldmann heads the LCROSS observing campaign. "We would like to have as many eyes and instruments watching the impact as possible because this is the way we'll get the most data and the most ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

A navigation glitch that caused NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) to consume more than half of its propellent over the weekend should not prevent the novel spacecraft from ...

The argument that the moon is a dry, desolate place no longer holds water. Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, indicates that the mission successfully ...

The big screen at NASA Ames’ Exploration Center in Mountain View showed the launch team in Florida in front of computers. “Propulsion. Go… Engine shield. Go … Flight control. Go.” A few minutes before ...

Nasa's hopes of filming a spectacular crash on the moon were dashed today when satellite and telescope imagery failed to record the enormous plume of rock and dust that scientists had predicted. The ...

The lunar-crashingsecondary payload that will share an Atlas 5 launcher with NASA's LunarReconnaissance Orbiter has entered comprehensive performance testing about amonth ahead of schedule. That ...