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LCROSS - Lunar Crater
Observation and Sensing Satellite
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December 8, 2020. LCROSS
Earth-based PDS4
Archives
The LCROSS earth-based archives
at the Geosciences Node have been
migrated to the PDS4 standard.
October 16, 2020. LCROSS
Spacecraft PDS4
Archives
LCROSS spacecraft archives at the
Geosciences Node have been migrated
to the PDS4 standard. This includes
raw and calibrated data for
all instruments.
The original PDS3 data products,
labels, and documentation remain
available in their original archive
volumes. The only change is that
PDS4 labels and documentation have
been added to the archives. The
original data files are unchanged.
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LCROSS was launched as a secondary payload with the
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on June 18, 2009.
After LRO separated to perform its mission, LCROSS used
the spent Atlas upper stage, called the Centaur, to
impact the moon while LCROSS instruments observed the
resulting ejecta cloud. The LCROSS shepherding
spacecraft then became an impactor itself. Many
Earth-based telescopes observed both impacts on October
9, 2009.
LCROSS archives in PDS include data from
the LCROSS instruments and from selected
Earth-based observations sponsored by the
LCROSS Project.
LCROSS Mission Description
Geosciences Node Tools
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LCROSS Analyst's Notebook
The
Notebook is a convenient way to
browse, display and download
LCROSS spacecraft data.
Similar capabilities for Earth-based
data sets will soon be added. |
Instruments and Archives
Publications
Locating the LCROSS Impact Craters
William Marshall, Mark Shirley, Zachary
Moratto, Anthony Colaprete and Gregory
Neumann, et al. (2011), Space Science
Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-011-9765-0
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing
Satellite) Observation Campaign: Strategies,
Implementation, and Lessons Learned
Jennifer L. Heldmann, Anthony Colaprete,
Diane H. Wooden, Robert F. Ackermann and
David D. Acton, et al. (2011), Space Science
Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-011-9759-y
The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing
Satellite (LCROSS) Payload Development and
Performance in Flight
Kimberly
Ennico, Mark Shirley, Anthony Colaprete and
Leonid Osetinsky (2011), Space Science
Reviews, doi:10.1007/s11214-011-9753-4
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