Diviner Lunar Radiometer Observations of the LCROSS Impact

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Hayne, Paul O., Greenhagen, Benjamin T., Foote, Marc C., Siegler, Matthew A., Vasavada, Ashwin R., Paige, David A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2010
• Subjects: Hayne; Kerr; Paige; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1197135; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1197135

Watering the Moon About a year ago, a spent upper stage of an Atlas rocket was deliberately crashed into a crater at the south pole of the Moon, ejecting a plume of debris, dust, and vapor. The goal of this event, the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) experiment, was to search...