LRO Hints Lunar Ice May Be More Accessible Than Thought

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
HOUSTON—NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) continues to pay dividends with water ice data gathered from the lunar south pole. In particular, the LRO has explored whether heavily cratered recesses in the unexplored region harbor water ice, a potential resource for life support and the...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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