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Mosaics of Lunar Swingby Images
A preliminary mosaic of images from the far-side of the moon taken by the LCROSS visible light camera. The images were taken during the mission¹s lunar swingby on June 23, 2009 as the spacecraft flew from the South Pole north. The mosaic shows the three specific craters, Mendeleev, Goddard C and Giordano Bruno, and the limb targets imaged to calibrate the LCROSS science instruments. The images were obtained from a range of approximately 8500 9500 km and the approximate resolution in the visible camera is about 8-10 km/pixel.
Credit: NASA Ames Research Center
A preliminary mosaic of images from the far-side of the moon taken by the LCROSS the mid-infrared camera. These are the first thermal images of the far-side of the moon. The images were taken during the mission¹s lunar swingby on June 23, 2009 as the spacecraft flew from the South Pole north.
Credit: NASA Ames Research Center
The image is an overlay of thermal and visible mosaics from the lunar swingby on June 23, 2009 as the spacecraft flew from the South Pole north. The images were obtained from a range of approximately 8500 9500 km and the approximate resolution in the visible camera is about 8-10 km/pixel, while the resolution in the thermal image is about 12-15 km /pixel.
Credit: NASA Ames Research Center
A preliminary mosaic of images from the far-side of the moon taken by the LCROSS visible light camera. The images were taken during the mission¹s lunar swingby on June 23, 2009 as the spacecraft flew from the South Pole north. The mosaic shows the three specific craters, Mendeleev, Goddard C and Giordano Bruno, and the limb targets imaged to calibrate the LCROSS science instruments. The images were obtained from a range of approximately 8500 9500 km and the approximate resolution in the visible camera is about 8-10 km/pixel. Credit: NASA Ames Research Center
A preliminary mosaic of images from the far-side of the moon taken by the LCROSS the mid-infrared camera. These are the first thermal images of the far-side of the moon. The images were taken during the mission¹s lunar swingby on June 23, 2009 as the spacecraft flew from the South Pole north. Credit: NASA Ames Research Center
The image is an overlay of thermal and visible mosaics from the lunar swingby on June 23, 2009 as the spacecraft flew from the South Pole north. The images were obtained from a range of approximately 8500 9500 km and the approximate resolution in the visible camera is about 8-10 km/pixel, while the resolution in the thermal image is about 12-15 km /pixel. Credit: NASA Ames Research Center
News and Features
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NASA Moon Impactor Completes Lunar Maneuver
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, successfully completed its most significant early mission milestone Tuesday with a lunar swingby and calibration of its science instruments.
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NASA Successfully Launches Lunar Impactor
NASA successfully launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, Thursday on a mission to search for water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's south pole.
LCROSS Lunar Swingby
Projected impact date:
Oct 9, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. PDT
