NASA's LCROSS to Impact Moon's Cabeus A Crater

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NASA has selected a final destination for its Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, after a journey of nearly 5.6 million miles that included several orbits around Earth and the moon. The mission team announced Wednesday that Cabeus A will be the target crater for the LCROSS dual impacts scheduled for 7:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 9, 2009. The crater was selected after an extensive review as the optimal location for LCROSS' evaluation of whether water ice exists at the lunar south pole.

Video animation showing the location of the Cabeus A crater. Credit: NASA

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• LCROSS
• NASA
• Cabeus
• Moon
• Crater
• Impact
• October
• 2009