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In 2009, NASA deliberately crashed LCROSS into a permanently shadowed lunar crater; the mission detected water in the resulting debris plume

In October of 2009, NASA did something that could get anyone else fired. NASA took an operational rocket, pointed it directly at the Moon, and slammed it into the surface at 5,600 miles per hour.

In 2009, NASA fired a 5,000-pound rocket stage into a lunar crater, and found water in Moon dust

NASA deliberately sent a spent rocket stage crashing into the Moon on October 9, 2009, with the target being Cabeus crater, a ...

'Spacex Rocket Hits Moon' Claim Explained as Experts Compare It With NASA's Planned Impacts

SpaceX rocket hits moon claim explained as experts clarify likely origin of the object and compare it with NASA's intentional lunar impact missions ...