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impact site
Close ✕LCROSS Centaur impact site
The spent Centaur stage was aimed into permanent shadow in October 2009 so the plume could be read for water. Water was found. Located in Floor of Cabeus crater, permanently shadowed.
-84.7, -48.7 · approximate · Lunar exploration record
Reached by
- LCROSS · 2009 · United States · Impactor
Connections
- is travelled to of LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) — LCROSS reached this position, and the position is published.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates