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LCROSS (Lunar Impact) |
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Hawaiian Island Viewing |
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Oct. 8th-9th |
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NASAÕs Lunar Crater & Observation Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) is scheduled to impact the Moon at 01:30 AM (early Friday morning) Oct. 9th.
ÒProjected impact at the lunar South Pole is currently: Oct 9, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. PDT. (ThatÕs 1:30 AM Hawaiian Standard Time). Following four minutes behind, the shepherding spacecraft will fly through the debris plume, collecting and relaying data back to Earth before impacting the lunar surface and creating a second debris plume. The debris plumes are expected to be visible from Earth- and space-based telescopes 10-to-12 inches and larger.Ó
For details on the LCROSS mission & event visit -
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/impact/index.html
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Maintained by Roz Reiner - Kauai, Hawaii
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