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Credits: NASA/Northrop Grumman

The launch date for the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), initially set for April 24, 2009, was pushed to June 2, 2009.

Dr. Anthony Colaprete, a planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and the principal investigator for the LCROSS mission, gave a lecture as part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture series. The lecture was posted on NASA’s website as Prospecting for Water on the Moon: The Upcoming LCROSS Mission.

If you are an amateur astronomer and have a telescope, you can contribute to the LCROSS mission by participating in the LCROSS Observation Campaign. Images provided by the public will be a valuable addition to the mission archive.

Please stay tuned on OrbitalHub for more details about the LCROSS mission.