
Space & PhysicsJune 12, 2009
Moonstruck: Tagalong Probe to Blast Moon in Search for Water
The LCROSS spacecraft, launching next week, will impact the moon to see what flies up
Rebecca Boyle is a Scientific American contributor and an award-winning freelance journalist in Colorado. Her 2024 book, Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (Random House), explores Earth's relation with its satellite.

Moonstruck: Tagalong Probe to Blast Moon in Search for Water
The LCROSS spacecraft, launching next week, will impact the moon to see what flies up