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NASA bulldozed two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 am followed four minutes later by a probe with cameras taking pictures of the first crash.
But the big live public splash NASA had hoped for didn't quite happen. Screens got fuzz and no immediate pictures of the crash or the six-mile plume of lunar dust that the mission was all about.
NASA officials said their instruments were working, but the planned live photos were missing.
What else can I help you with?
How did people find water on the moon?
Well, we are not presicely sure that there is water on the moon, however, NASA sure is confident.They sent a probe, traveling at twice the speed as a bullet, to crash into the moon in late 2009 and see if water shot back away from the moon.There was a little water backblow, but they do not know the exact substance.
Can near earth asteroids crash into the moon?
Yes as a matter of fact they can hit the Moon. Take a look at the Moon through a telescope and you will see what I mean.
Why did NASA have something crash the moon?
NASA intentionally crashed the Lunar Prospector spacecraft into the moon in 1999 to study its composition and potentially detect water ice. This impact allowed scientists to gather valuable data about the moon's surface and helped in advancing our understanding of lunar geology.
What year did Apollo 11 crash land?
it didn't crash on the moon it landed on the moon
Did the moon crash into the moon?
How could it? It's already there, being the Moon!?
Why did scientists shoot a rocket at the moon last week?
To see if their is water on the moon
Why do craters happen on the moon?
Meteors crash into the moon and leave the holes there
Why did scientists shoot a rocket at the moon?
I'm not sure which rocket you refer to, since many rockets have been fired at the moon over the years. but most recently this was done to create an impact on the south pole of the moon in order to study the resulting plume to see if it contains water.
What will you see if you were standing on beach a moonrise or moon-set?
If the water is to the east of you and you watch at the right time, you can see the moon (and the sun too) rise out of the water. If the water is to the west of you and you watch at the right time, you can see the moon (and the sun too) set into the water.
Will the moon split in two with the NASA bomb?
No, the moon will not split in two with the NASA bomb. The NASA mission aims to simply crash a spacecraft into a crater near the moon's south pole to search for water ice.
When did they crash the moon?
Nobody has ever crashed the moon as you can see it is still up there.However from time to time people have crashed things into the moon. Most recently two spacecraft were crashed into a crater on the south pole of the moon. This happened on Friday 9th September 2009.
In what sea on the Moon's surface did the Luna crash land in?
The Luna 2 spacecraft crash-landed in the Sea of Serenity on the Moon's surface in 1959.
