The LCROSS mission will analyze the impact of the spent upper stage Centaur rocket colliding with the Moon. The impact target will be located in the lunar polar region where it is believed water may exist buried beneath the surface of a crater. The discovery of water on the Moon is important to the long term plans for settling humans on the Moon to conduct long term scientific research. LCROSS is scheduled to be launched with LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) on the 17th June from Cape Canaveral
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