Links
LCROSS Home Page
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/
Learn about the latest developments in the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission at this website from NASA.
Ames Research Center Vertical Gun Range
www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/technology-onepagers/range-complex.html
Want to know more about the research lab in which scientists slam objects into simulated space surfaces? The Ames Research Center houses instruments designed specifically for the study of hypervelocity aerodynamics. Find out more at this website.
Northrop Grumman web page with LCROSS mission information
www.northropgrumman.com/review/008-nasa-lunar-crater-observation-sensing-satellite-lcross.html
At this website from Northrop Grumman, you can learn more about the LCROSS mission, check out a photo gallery, and more.
NASA Lunar Science Institute
lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov
Learn all about NASA's Lunar Science Institute at the official website. Be sure to check out "Lunar Science for Kids" and "Ask a Lunar Scientist."
"Water on the Moon"
lcross.arc.nasa.gov/audio/WaterOnTheMoon.mp3
Download or stream this song written by LCROSS deputy project manager John Marmie.
Books
Exploring the Moon: The Apollo Expeditions
by David M. Harland. Springer-Praxis, 2008.
Taking Science to the Moon: Lunar Experiments and the Apollo Program
by Donald A. Beattie. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space
by Harrison H. Schmitt. Springer, 2006.
Photographic Atlas of the Moon
by S. M. Chong. Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Articles
"Inside NASA's Plan to Bomb the Moon and Find Water"
by Michael Milstein. Popular Mechanics, September, 2008.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4277592.html
"Moon Water Discovered: Dampens Moon-Formation Theory"
Carnegie Institution for Science, July 9, 2008.
www.ciw.edu/news/moon_water_discovered_dampens_moon_formation_theory
"Crash is Planned in Hunt for Lunar Water"
by Warren E. Leary. The New York Times, April 11, 2006.
www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/science/space/11moon.html?scp=1&sq=LCROSS moon&st=cse
"NASA to Impact the Moon, Look for Water"
by Phil Plait. Discover Magazine, April 10, 2006.
blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/04/10/lcross-to-impact-the-moon-look-for-water/
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