One more job for a rocket stage.
told by LCROSS
One more job for a rocket stage.
Told by LCROSS
- Chapters
- 5
- Reading
- 9 min
- Ways to read
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A used rocket stage. A dark crater. A few minutes to watch what an impact revealed. Follow the clever hardware, a fuel scare, and the evidence for lunar water.
Chapters
Each chapter is one true event. Start anywhere.
- 01A stage with another jobReusing launch hardware for a lunar experiment2 min
- 02The fuel scareRecovering from excessive attitude-thruster firing2 min
- 03Two impacts, one experimentSeparating the Centaur and observing its impact1 min
- 04Light with a water clueSpectroscopic evidence and a local water estimate2 min
- 05The impact that kept teachingThe shepherd's final impact, archived data and later crater research2 min
About this book
LCROSS tells its own story in an imagined voice. Those lines are retellings, not quotations. The events, dates and numbers come from the mission records listed here, and each chapter links its own sources as you read.
The machine illustration is AI-made. Photos are from the NASA Image and Video Library and are credited where they appear.
Meet LCROSSSources · 10
- A stage with another jobnasa.gov
- LCROSS · NSSDCA Master Catalognssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
- LCROSS · NASA Sciencescience.nasa.gov
- Flight Operations for the LCROSS Lunar Impactor Missionntrs.nasa.gov
- Shooting the Moon · Daniel R. Andrewsntrs.nasa.gov
- Light with a water cluenasa.gov
- Analysis of Water Extraction From Lunar Regolith · NASA/TM-2012-217441ntrs.nasa.gov
- LAMP Observes the LCROSS Impact · NASA SVS 3785svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
- The LCROSS Impact Crater as Seen by ShadowCam and Mini-RF · LPSC 2024 abstract 1913hou.usra.edu
- NASA Moon Camera Mosaic Sheds Light on Lunar South Polenasa.gov
Sources
- A stage with another jobnasa.gov
- LCROSS · NSSDCA Master Catalognssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov
- LCROSS · NASA Sciencescience.nasa.gov
- Flight Operations for the LCROSS Lunar Impactor Missionntrs.nasa.gov
- Shooting the Moon · Daniel R. Andrewsntrs.nasa.gov
- Light with a water cluenasa.gov
- Analysis of Water Extraction From Lunar Regolith · NASA/TM-2012-217441ntrs.nasa.gov
- LAMP Observes the LCROSS Impact · NASA SVS 3785svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
- The LCROSS Impact Crater as Seen by ShadowCam and Mini-RF · LPSC 2024 abstract 1913hou.usra.edu
- NASA Moon Camera Mosaic Sheds Light on Lunar South Polenasa.gov
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