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The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), managed by NASA's Ames Research Center in California, will launch with LRO in 2008. LCROSS will search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater near one of the moon's poles.

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LRO Mission Site

Learn more about the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter from the mission Web site maintained by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Destination: Moon

Learn all about NASA's journey back to the moon by reading this four-part series, authored by Dr. Paul Lowman, of the Goddard Space Flight Center.

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Lewis Center Collaboration

NASA Teams with Lewis Center and Students Worldwide to Assist with Mission to Moon

Image of student working on LCROSS project.

Image of student working on a project at the Lewis Center's control room. Computers in this control room and those in classrooms around the world can be used to control the center's radio dishes. Credit: Lewis Center for Educational Research.

Apple Valley, CA – In an unprecedented scientific collaboration with a public school, the Lewis Center for Educational Research will team with NASA to lead students worldwide in tracking and monitoring a NASA lunar mission scheduled for launch in early 2009. The collaboration will provide a unique opportunity for students to become active participants in the NASA lunar mission, as the space agency looks to inspire the next generation of U.S. space explorers and scientists.

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News and Features

Moon-Bound Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the moon.
Mom, Dad, It's Not a Joke, I'm Working a NASA Mission to the Moon

Students in the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) program will get hands-on experience with NASA's Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite.
NASA Taps Astronomy Community to Help Search for Lunar Water

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - News media are invited to attend a briefing from 12 p.m. to 12:30 noon PST Friday, Feb. 29 in Building 943 at NASA's Ames Research Center about the Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, and the mission's participatory emphasis.
NASA's Quest to Find Water on the Moon Moves Closer to Launch

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - Cameras and sensors that will look for the presence of water on the moon have completed validation tests and been shipped to the manufacturer of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.
Thousands Expected at NASA Ames for 'Return to Moon Family Night'

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA's Ames Research Center will host a "Return to the Moon Family Night" Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, where visitors can hear scientists speak about NASA's lunar exploration goals, view the moon through telescopes and participate in many other activities.
New NASA Ames Spacecraft to Look for Ice at Lunar South Pole

NASA today announced that a small, 'secondary payload' spacecraft, to be developed by a team at NASA Ames Research Center, has been selected to travel to the moon to look for precious water ice at the lunar south pole in October 2008.