LCROSS, the lunar crater Observation and Sensor Satellite, launched last week, has a mission objective to confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a Shadowed crater near a lunar pole.

LCROSS探测器，对月球环形山观测和传感卫星，上周推出，也有任务目标，以确认在接近月球极阴影中的环形山的存在或缺乏的水冰。

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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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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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