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LOS ANGELES — NASA’s much-hyped mission to hurl a spacecraft into the moon turned out some worthwhile data after all, scientists said.
New images show a mile- high plume of lunar debris from the Cabeus crater shortly after the space agency’s Centaur rocket struck Oct. 9.
Anthony Colaprete, the mission’s chief scientist, said it was too early to say what the plume contained but that several clues, including the temperature of the flash created by the crash, will help scientists find out in coming weeks.
