[meteorite-list] NASA to Announce Selection of Target Crater for Lunar Impact of LCROSS Spacecraft

[Ron Baalke]

Sept. 8, 2009

Grey Hautaluoma/Ashley Edwards 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-0668/1756 
grey.hautaluoma-1 at nasa.gov, ashley.edwards-1 at nasa.gov 

Jonas Dino 
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
650-604-5612 
jonas.dino at nasa.gov 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-171

NASA SELECTS TARGET CRATER FOR LUNAR IMPACT OF LCROSS SPACECRAFT

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has identified the spot where it will 
search for water on the moon. Reporters are invited to attend the 
announcement of the target location where the Lunar Crater 
Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, and its spent Centaur 
rocket will hit in October. The briefing will take place at 10 a.m. 
PDT, Friday, Sept. 11, in the main auditorium, Building N201, of 
NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The event will 
be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's Web site. 

The selected crater is an optimal target for evaluating if water ice 
exists at the lunar south pole. Briefing participants are Daniel 
Andrews, LCROSS project manager, Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS principal 
investigator, and Jennifer Heldmann, lead for the LCROSS observation 
campaign. 

Andrews will provide an update about the health of the spacecraft and 
mission activities. Colaprete will announce the target crater and 
explain the criteria and selection process. Heldmann will discuss the 
LCROSS observation campaign in which an international cadre of 
professional and amateur astronomers will view the impacts at 4:30 
a.m. on Oct. 9. 

To reach Ames, take U.S. Highway 101 to the Moffett Field/NASA Parkway 
exit and drive east on Moffett Field Boulevard toward the main gate. 
News media will be escorted from the visitor badge office parking lot 
to the main auditorium at 9:45 a.m. Journalists seeking telephone 
access should contact Jonas Dino at 650-604-5612 or 
jonas.dino at nasa.gov. 

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, 
visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 

For more information about the LCROSS mission, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/lcross 

	
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