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.
Students in the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) program will get hands-on experience with NASA's Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite.
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.
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.
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.
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.