NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, last month slammed into one of moon's permanently shadowed craters near the south pole to study whether ice was buried underneath.

「月球陨石坑观察与感卫星」太空总署的「月球陨石坑观察与感测卫星」（LCROSS），上个月撞入月球南极附近一个永久阴暗的陨石坑，探测下面是否埋藏了冰。

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Extremely cold regions similar to the one in Hermite crater were found at the bottoms of several permanently shaded craters at the lunar South Pole and were measured in the depths of winter night.

月球南极的几个永久性阴暗陨石坑，也与赫米特陨石坑类似，是极度寒冷的地区，在冬季的深夜也测得了相似的温度。

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The Lunar CraterRemote Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission involved deliberately crashing a spent Centaur rocket into a crater near the Moon's south pole.

月球环形山观测与遥感卫星（LCROSS）项目中，“半人马座”火箭被撞击进入月球南极的一个环形山内。

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To get below the ancient lunar rocks, NASA crashed a rocket into the moon's south pole.

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His plan requires the probe to be accelerated, using its remaining fuel, and then steered at a shallow angle into one of the permanently shadowed regions near the south lunar pole.

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On Tuesday, the space agency released before-and-after pictures of the lunar north pole where Ebb and Flow came to rest.

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The lunar outpost will most likely be placed on the lunar south pole, which is lit by the sun three-quarters of the time, and has possible resources to mine nearby.

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