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This picture, "Target Crater Cabeus", is a very interesting photo for numerous reasons. Although at first the picture itself is not very eye catching, the information that it deals with is quite intriguing. The article talks about NASA's impact mission to the Moon. The general idea behind the mission is to slam the upper stage of a rocket into the crater, and then 4 minutes later to crash the acutal LCROSS mothership into the crater. The hope is that debris and material will be blown out of the crater, and analyzed by the LCROSS mothership as it flies into the crater on its course of impact. NASA also hopes that this rather unorthodox method of 'moon-digging' might reveal some signs of water hidden beneath the surface of the Moon. The most interesting thing about this entire mission, is that the two impacts on the Moon actually took place earlier this morning, and so are very recent news and current with celestial events.