The Astrogator’s Guild

The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) is preparing for impact with the Lunar south pole at approximately 4:30 PDT on Friday, Oct. 9.

Check out both: NASA LCROSS Mission Page

And

SpaceFlight Now LCROSS page

Along with Paul Tompkin’s blog here: Paul Tompkin’s Blog

Paul’s blog is an outstanding read. Check it out.

Astrogator High Priest John Carrico is busy supporting LCROSS at the Ames Mission Control Center. He is supporting fellow Astrogator Guild members Steve Cooley of GSFC and Ken Galal of ARC. Together they are flying a trajectory originally created by Guild member Richard Malmstrom of NGC.

STK/Astrogator is being used extensively on LCROSS for mission and maneuver planning.

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