LCROSS_NASA

@lcross_nasa

NASA mission to explore the Moon to look for water ice at the poles! And I found it! My mission (and my tweets) ended Oct 9, 2009. But, I'm forever on the moon!

NASA Ames Research Center, CA
Joined June 2008

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  1. RT Successful end of mission. Now we have to see what the data shows

  2. RT Congratulations on a great impact! Now the science begins.

  3. The LCROSS Post Impact News Conference from NASA Ames begins at 7:00 a.m. on NASA TV.

  4. Hi! This LCROSS Science Team at Ames here. The LCROSS mission has ended. But the scientific discovery continues.

  5. “That's it! Ground! Ha! I wonder if it'll be friends with me?”

  6. it needs a big wide sounding name like 'Ow', 'Ownge', 'Round', 'Ground'!”

  7. “And what's this thing coming toward me very fast? So big and flat and round,

  8. Wow, 150km from the moon!

  9. I'm 300km from the moon!

  10. Centaur Impact into Cabeus! Now it's my turn!

  11. Where am I now? Travelin' 2.49km/s (5577mph). 1,737km from the Moon. T-2min

  12. Wow! We're T - 10 minutes to Centaur impact!

  13. Looking at the lunar surface, closing in at ~4000mph, as my team evalautes the health of my science instruments.

  14. My science payload is being turned on! Live streaming data to NASATV

  15. Where am I now? Travelin' 1.51km/s(3370mph). 7,784km from the Moon. T-1hr

  16. Live coverage of LCROSS Impact Event has started on NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

  17. Another 8600km to go, just like a trip from San Francisco to London

  18. RT I can see those two orbiting things getting closer to me and I'm cool with it.

  19. NASA TV will begin broadcasting soon. Watch the action at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

  20. RT With less than two hours to go for LCROSS! Incredible precision. Will impact target point within 70 meters! Go NASA, Go moon!

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