Goodbye LCROSS

Well....I write this a little under two hours since LCROSS hit the crater Cabeus on the lunar south pole and although I wasn't able to look at the moon direct, being daylight here in the UK, I did follow the impact live via NASA TV

Initially it doesn't look like Centaur kicked up too much of a plume and I certainly could not see any bright light in the Cabeus crater when Centaur hit. Data is still coming in from both the impacts of Centaur and LCROSS and we will bring these to you as soon as NASA releases the information

In the meantime I hope you enjoy the below image, courtesy of NASA, of the crater Cabeus as viewed in the last minute of LCROSS' life

Goodbye LCROSS....thanks for an exciting day