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The plume (inset) generated by a Centaur rocket crashing into a crater at the moon's south pole is seen about 20 seconds after impact in this visible-light image taken by LCROSS, the rocket's mother craft. New analyses reveal that the plume contained vapor and ice. Credit: NASA


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