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Spacecraft Crashes Into Moon In Search Of Water

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Oct. 9, 2009
NASA successfully crash-landed an empty rocket hull in a crater near the moon's south pole, which was expected to toss up huge plumes of debris visible from Earth. Infrared cameras will search for water ice and vapor in the cloud of debris. The intentional crash was the first of two planned...
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