Friday Moring about 5:30am MST. The LCROSS impactor will crash in to the south pole of the Moon, into a permanently shadowed crater, in the hopes of finding large amounts of water ice. This could be instrumental in long missions on the moon and even a permanent Moon Base. For more information on viewing the impact go to the following link.
New Impact Page Available: to provide the casual backyard observer useful information for observing the LCROSS impact event, see: http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/observation/amateur.htm
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