WASHINGTON (AP) — Take that, moon!NASA bulldozed two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a large empty rocket hull barreled into the moon at 7:31 a.m., followed four minutes later by a probe with cameras taking pictures of the first crash.But the big live public splash NASA had hoped for didn’t quite happen. Screens got fuzz and no immediate pictures of the crash or the six-mile plume of lunar dust that the mission was all about.NASA officials said their instruments were working, but the planned live photos were missing.Nearly half an hour after the crash, NASA was promising pictures updated to its Web site. But so far all NASA had was “images on the way in,” said NASA spokesman Grey Hautaluoma.
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NASA makes as-yet unseen hit on moon with probes
October 10, 2009