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NASA LCROSS Satellite Crashes into Moon Looking for Water

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Sattelite

Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Sattelite

At 7:35am EST, the NASA LCROSS Satellite crashed into the Moon!  Fortunately, this wasn’t an accident!  In fact, this highly choreographed  mission was designed to send the spacecraft directly into the lunar surface in an effort to detect water vapor.

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