AFJROTC cadets track NASA’s moon spacecraft
More than 400 students, faculty and family members gathered at the Academy for Academic Excellence campus in Apple Valley, Calif., at 4 a.m. on Oct. 9 to watch the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite's, or LCROSS, impact of the moon. The Lewis Center for Educational Research's AAE Air Force JROTC cadets tracked the satellite spacecraft for 110 days employing the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) in the Mojave Desert. The AAE AFJROTC cadets tracked and photographed the crater impact Oct. 9 and sent the first viewed images to NASA. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Melissa Copeland)
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