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  1. Where am I now? Day 24 of space cruisin'. Speedometer 0.75km/s (1684mph). Odometer 1,786,400km. 577,000km from Earth & 614,700km from Moon.about 6 hours ago from web
  2. Cruisin'@0.75km/s(1678mph).578,500km from Earth.596,400km from Moon."And with the radio blasting goes cruising just as fast as she can now."about 18 hours ago from web
  3. Where am I now? Cruisin' at 0.75km/s (1672mph). Now 580,000km from Earth. 572,000km from Moon. Have traveled 1,724,300km so far. Day 23.8:19 AM Jul 11th from web
  4. @colourblue Queen, song written by Dr Brian May, a song about special relativity called "39"8:16 AM Jul 11th from web in reply to colourblue
  5. Hanging out in Ophiuchus (snake holder) tonight, heading towards Sagittarius, soon to be out of view for n.hem. but into view for s.hem.11:27 PM Jul 10th from web
  6. My mission blog was updated at http://bit.ly/12B0MY11:22 PM Jul 10th from web
  7. @alwaysbob Not with naked eye, but with a modest telescope. See http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/... for more details.11:22 PM Jul 10th from web in reply to alwaysbob
  8. Successful comm pass. Back to cruisin'. "For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas. Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried."8:51 PM Jul 10th from web
  9. My ops team is checking me out. In a DSN contact now. Simple status check of my systems.6:40 PM Jul 10th from TwitterGadget
  10. Where am I now? Cruising at 0.74km/s (1667mph). Now at 581,300km from Earth & 541,100km from the Moon. (Mission Day 22; 90 days to EOM)3:11 PM Jul 10th from web
  11. @NASA_SDO_HMI welcome to Florida. @LRO_NASA and I loved Astrotech. Moderate humidity is sometimes good for electronics, lower ESD risk.12:46 PM Jul 10th from TwitterGadget in reply to NASA_SDO_HMI
  12. Oh, it must be time for a lunar-minibreak, don't ya think? Check out updated @NASA moon mission blog at http://ub0.cc/08/g511:23 AM Jul 10th from web
  13. @CoachCMartin thanks for following, trying to be educational & engaging, the realtime nature of my mission just cool, no moment lived twice8:31 AM Jul 10th from web in reply to CoachCMartin
  14. @tweelog but i've clocked 1,657,200km (1,029,740 miles) on my odometer (total distance traveled since June 18th launch)8:25 AM Jul 10th from web
  15. "A million miles our vagabond wheels. Clocked up beneath the clouds..." Hello from 581,000km from Earth & 527,000km from the Moon!8:14 AM Jul 10th from web
  16. Where am I now? Day 22. Speedometer reads 0.74km/s (1665mph) (starting to speed up as I have passed apogee). Odometer reads 1,657,200 km.7:35 AM Jul 10th from web
  17. Correction: Totally being lunar! World's Largest Ground-Based Lunar Image Mosaic is zowie pretty. http://ub0.cc/3q/3c & http://ub0.cc/0J/4V11:47 PM Jul 9th from web
  18. Totally being lunar! World's Largest Ground-Based Lunar Image Mosaic is zowie pretty. http://ub0.cc/6F/86/p and at LPOD http://ub0.cc/49/6b11:45 PM Jul 9th from web
  19. Where am I now? I am 581,700 km from Earth & 504,300 km from the Moon. Traveling at 0.74km/s (1663mph). 91 days more cruisin' ahead.6:24 PM Jul 9th from web
  20. For those who missed earlier posting about spotting me in the night sky, here's the link on Science@NASA http://ub0.cc/6C/4x2:30 PM Jul 9th from web
  • Name LCROSS_NASA
  • Location NASA Ames Research Center, CA
  • Web http://lcross.arc...
  • Bio NASA mission to explore the Moon and see if there is water ice near one of the lunar poles!
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