ABOUT
THE MOON |
Lunar
CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) |
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Moon Facts: Learn
more about the Moon, why we want to explore it further, and how
LCROSS will help us to do so. |
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Clementine: The Clementine
spacecraft was the first mission to provide possible evidence of
water ice within some of the Moon's craters. |
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Lunar
Prospector: In addition to mapping the Moon's surface composition,
measuring lunar gravity and magnetism, and studying outgassing
events, this tiny spacecraft provided the first direct evidence
of water ice at the Moon's poles. |
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Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter: an unmanned mission to create a comprehensive
atlas of the Moon’s features and resources to aid in the
design of a lunar outpost.
Visit the NASA LRO Mission Site @ http://www.nasa.gov/LRO |
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The
Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) is a state-of-the-art
imaging spectrometer which will give scientists their first opportunity
to examine lunar mineralogy at high spatial and spectral resolution. |
Visit
the NASA LCROSS Mission Site @ http://www.nasa.gov/lcross
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