by westman last modified 26 March 2011 04:34 PM Author - Ernie Wright University of Maryland Baltimore County Scientific Visualization Studio, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center "Ernie Wright, a visualization specialist at NASA Goddard, uses the work he did for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission to illustrate how they routinely employ a set of tools to produce visualization for operations, public outreach, and education." Kwan-Liu Ma, VisFiles Editor A two-ton Atlas Centaur rocket body, part of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), struck the floor of Cabeus crater, near the south pole of the Moon, at 11:31 UT on October 9, 2009. The purpose of the crash was to create a plume of debris that could be examined for the presence of water and other chemicals in the lunar regolith. The effects of the impact were captured by sensors on board a shepherding satellite following four minutes behind the Centaur. They were also recorded by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which passed over the crash site less than two minutes after the impact. [1] Long before the event, LCROSS mission planners organized the LCROSS Observation Campaign to recruit ground-based observatories in the effort to observe
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Preparing for a lunar impact
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