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The LCROSS Centaur stage impacted the Moon in crater Cabeus on Friday, 9 October at 11:31 UT (7:31 a.m. EDT) followed five minutes later by the LCROSS observing satellite. For more, see the NASA Press Release.
The MESSENGER mission made its third flyby of Mercury on 29 September at 21:54:58 UT (5:54:58 EDT) at a distance of 228 km above the surface. despite an unexpected signal loss near closest approach. The first images from the flyby have been released. For more, see the 30 September Mission News Release.
On Thursday, September 24, NASA announced that analysis of data returned by instruments on the Chandrayaan 1 , Cassini , and EPOXI missions showed water molecules present on the lunar surface at all latitudes. For more, see the NASA Press Release.
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November 07
- 1967
- Surveyor 6 lands on the Moon and returns pictures of the surface.
- 1996
- Launch of the Mars Global Surveyor orbiter mission.
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