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NASA spacecraft bombs moon's surface to hunt for water
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Washington, Oct 9 (PTI) Two weeks after Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO)and NASA announced discovery of
evidence of water on moon, two US spacecraft bombed the
surface of the moon on Friday in a search for hidden ice and
scientists were looking for conclusive proof about presence or
absence of water.
US space agency NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and
Sensing Satellite(LCROSS) crashed into the Cabeus crater floor
near the moon's south pole at 1130 GMT(1700 IST) around 9,000
km per hour, followed four minutes later by a shepherding
spacecraft equipped with cameras to record the impact.
The crash blasted a plume of rock and dust into space as
Telescopes on Earth and instruments on the probe itself
scoured the huge impact cloud to see if there is any water or
ice spraying up. The planned live photos of the crash could
not be seen even though NASA said all instruments were in
order.
NASA scientists were however cautious over confirming the
presence of water on moon.
"We don't anticipate anything about presence or absence
of water immediately. It's going to take us some time,"
cautioned Anthony Colaprete, project scientist and principal
investigator for the 79-million-dollar LCROSS mission.
Just a couple of weeks ago, India's maiden unmanned lunar
mission Chandrayaan confirmed the existence of water in the
region – subsequently confirmed by data from the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter, the vessel that LCROSS hitched a ride
into space alongside. Their findings showed that small amounts
of water might be chemically bound up with the Moon's soil.
"The LCROSS science team is making their preliminary
assessment of approximately four minutes of data collected
from the LCROSS Spacecraft. Observatories involved in the
LCROSS Observation Campaign are reporting in," the mission
website said after the impact. (MORE) PTI GSN
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Washington, Oct 9 (PTI) Two weeks after Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO)and NASA announced discovery of
evidence of water on moon, two US spacecraft bombed the
surface of the moon on Friday in a search for hidden ice and
scientists were looking for conclusive proof about presence or
absence of water.
US space agency NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and
Sensing Satellite(LCROSS) crashed into the Cabeus crater floor
near the moon's south pole at 1130 GMT(1700 IST) around 9,000
km per hour, followed four minutes later by a shepherding
spacecraft equipped with cameras to record the impact.
The crash blasted a plume of rock and dust into space as
Telescopes on Earth and instruments on the probe itself
scoured the huge impact cloud to see if there is any water or
ice spraying up. The planned live photos of the crash could
not be seen even though NASA said all instruments were in
order.
NASA scientists were however cautious over confirming the
presence of water on moon.
"We don't anticipate anything about presence or absence
of water immediately. It's going to take us some time,"
cautioned Anthony Colaprete, project scientist and principal
investigator for the 79-million-dollar LCROSS mission.
Just a couple of weeks ago, India's maiden unmanned lunar
mission Chandrayaan confirmed the existence of water in the
region – subsequently confirmed by data from the Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter, the vessel that LCROSS hitched a ride
into space alongside. Their findings showed that small amounts
of water might be chemically bound up with the Moon's soil.
"The LCROSS science team is making their preliminary
assessment of approximately four minutes of data collected
from the LCROSS Spacecraft. Observatories involved in the
LCROSS Observation Campaign are reporting in," the mission
website said after the impact. (MORE) PTI GSN
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