Moonstruck: Making One Giant Thud For Mankind

New York TimesMoonstruck: Making one giant thud for mankindThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — For as long as man has looked up, the moon has inspired romance, poetry and songs. Man also likes blowing things up. Now we get to do both — in the name of science. The aim of Friday's deliberate crash of two unmanned NASA spacecraft into ...NASA: Lunar crashes won't hurt the moonmsnbc.comNASA spacecraft to slam into the Moon in search of waterComputerworldNASA Mission Will Crash Rocket Booster, Spacecraft Onto Moon's Surface to Test ...Washington PostABC News -Wired News -National Geographicall 796 news articles »

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